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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 3, 2016

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Aug 3, 2016, 8:48 AM MST. It took effect at Aug 3, 2016, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2016, 8:48 AM MST (15:48 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2016, 9:00 AM MST
Expired
Aug 3, 2016, 8:48 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 3, 3:45 AM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:45 AM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 5:31 AM MST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 5:12 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 2, 5:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa30 min
Aug 2, 5:46 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 2, 5:52 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR53 min
Aug 2, 6:26 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 2, 6:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal49 min
Aug 2, 7:50 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 2, 8:15 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 2, 8:15 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 3, 1:59 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 3, 2:20 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR55 min
Aug 3, 2:26 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 3, 3:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal51 min
Aug 3, 3:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR46 min
Aug 3, 3:33 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal42 min
Aug 3, 3:38 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila52 min
Aug 3, 3:49 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR41 min
Aug 3, 4:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal44 min
Aug 3, 4:08 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal37 min
Aug 3, 4:13 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila32 min
Aug 3, 4:21 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal24 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila3 hr
Aug 3, 4:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal39 min

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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.