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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 18, 2016Imperial County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 5:32 PM PDT for Imperial County, California. It was in force for 43 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: Aug 18, 2016, 5:32 PM PDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2016, 6:15 PM PDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Imperial County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Aug 18, 1:47 PM PDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:47 PM PDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:32 PM PDT, 0 minutes 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
Aug 18, 6:09 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	51 min
Aug 18, 8:35 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	3 hr
Aug 18, 9:01 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	44 min
Aug 18, 9:22 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Aug 18, 9:48 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Aug 18, 10:05 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	40 min
Aug 18, 10:11 PM PDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		3 hr
Aug 18, 11:47 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		54 min
Aug 19, 3:36 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Yuma	24 min
Aug 19, 3:58 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Yuma	32 min
Aug 19, 4:06 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		24 min
Aug 19, 4:12 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		48 min
Aug 19, 4:47 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 19, 12:46 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	44 min
Aug 19, 1:49 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	116 min
Aug 19, 3:17 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Riverside	28 min
Aug 19, 3:25 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	65 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.