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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2016, 3:01 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2016, 3:01 PM MST (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2016, 3:30 PM MST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County Pinal County, AZ
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 8, 3:00 PM MST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:00 PM MST, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Apr 8, 1:54 PM MST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 154 PM MST FRI APR 8 2016 AZZ023-082145- GREATER PHOENIX AREA AZ- 154 PM MST FRI APR 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM MST AT 154 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LITCHFIELD PARK...OR NEAR WADDELL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENDALE...SURPRISE...AVONDALE...GOODYEAR...EL MIRAGE...TOLLESON... YOUNGTOWN...SUN CITY WEST...SUN CITY...WADDELL...CASHION...LITCHFIELD PARK...SURPRISE STADIUM...LUKE AFB...GLENDALE SPORTS COMPLEX...CAMELBACK RANCH...BEARDSLEY AND VISTANCIA. LAT...LON 3347 11222 3341 11242 3370 11260 3379 11229 TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 161DEG 12KT 3351 11236 WATERS
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 2:06 PM MST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
206 PM MST FRI APR 8 2016
AZZ024-082145-
SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS AZ-
206 PM MST FRI APR 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL GILA...EASTERN MARICOPA AND NORTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 PM MST
AT 205 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MIAMI...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLOBE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLOBE...MIAMI...CENTRAL HEIGHTS-MIDLAND CITY...CLAYPOOL...TOP OF THE
WORLD...TOP-OF-THE-WORLD AND INSPIRATION.
LAT...LON 3321 11092 3324 11094 3324 11098 3349 11106
3354 11071 3324 11067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 169DEG 28KT 3332 11087
WATERSSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 3:01 PM MST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 1:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 2:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 3:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 4:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 2:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Imperial | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.