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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

October 9, 2016Graham County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2016, 2:58 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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: Oct 9, 2016, 2:58 PM MST (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2016, 3:30 PM MST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

County Graham County, AZ

The radar

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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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 9, 2:24 PM MST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 2:24 PM MST, 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 2:58 PM MST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 5:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		39 min
Oct 8, 7:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	48 min
Oct 8, 7:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	46 min
Oct 8, 8:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	47 min
Oct 8, 10:46 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	44 min
Oct 8, 10:57 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham	2 hr
Oct 8, 11:14 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Graham	2 hr
Oct 8, 11:24 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	36 min
Oct 9, 12:39 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	51 min
Oct 9, 1:13 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham	3 hr
Oct 9, 3:42 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arizona, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.