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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 30, 2016Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this areal flood warning at Jul 30, 2016, 6:58 AM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2016, 6:58 AM MST (13:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2016, 10:00 AM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jul 30, 4:47 AM MST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 4:47 AM MST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:06 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:57 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 5:02 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	58 min
Jul 29, 5:28 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		5 hr
Jul 29, 5:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	36 min
Jul 29, 6:03 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		57 min
Jul 29, 6:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	4 hr
Jul 29, 6:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Jul 29, 6:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	46 min
Jul 29, 7:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	49 min
Jul 29, 7:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	64 min
Jul 29, 7:28 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		73 min
Jul 29, 7:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	4 hr
Jul 29, 7:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	32 min
Jul 29, 7:46 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	29 min
Jul 29, 8:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	19 min
Jul 29, 8:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		59 min
Jul 29, 8:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	39 min
Jul 29, 8:24 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	36 min
Jul 29, 8:27 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 29, 8:29 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	31 min
Jul 29, 8:36 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Jul 29, 9:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	44 min
Jul 29, 9:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Jul 29, 9:22 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		50 min
Jul 29, 9:32 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		4 hr
Jul 29, 9:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:59 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	31 min
Jul 29, 10:29 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	31 min
Jul 29, 10:39 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 30, 1:13 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 30, 3:06 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	54 min
Jul 30, 3:57 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	48 min
Jul 30, 4:02 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 30, 5:22 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	113 min
Jul 29, 11:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	80 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.