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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 18, 2016Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 6:09 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 51 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, 6:09 PM MST (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Yuma County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 MST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:47 PM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:32 PM MST, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:09 PM MST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:35 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Yuma3 hr
Aug 18, 9:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz44 min
Aug 18, 9:22 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Aug 18, 9:48 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Aug 18, 10:05 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz40 min
Aug 18, 10:11 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSR3 hr
Aug 18, 11:47 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Yuma3 hr
Aug 19, 3:06 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR54 min
Aug 19, 3:36 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma24 min
Aug 19, 3:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma32 min
Aug 19, 4:06 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR24 min
Aug 19, 4:12 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR48 min
Aug 19, 4:47 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 18, 5:32 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial43 min
Aug 19, 12:46 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside44 min
Aug 19, 1:49 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside116 min
Aug 19, 3:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRRiverside28 min
Aug 19, 3:25 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside65 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.