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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 8, 2017Imperial County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2017, 1:04 PM PDT for Imperial County, California. It was in force for 41 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
Sep 8, 2017, 1:04 PM PDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2017, 1:45 PM PDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Imperial County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 Sep 8, 9:20 AM PDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 9:20 AM PDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 1:04 PM PDT, 0 minutes before
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<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 5:20 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR55 min
Sep 7, 5:47 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz43 min
Sep 7, 6:22 PM PDTDust Storm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal, Yuma98 min
Sep 7, 6:27 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma48 min
Sep 7, 6:44 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz3 hr
Sep 7, 7:24 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRYuma3 hr
Sep 7, 7:49 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa26 min
Sep 7, 7:52 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma38 min
Sep 7, 8:06 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma54 min
Sep 7, 8:21 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa24 min
Sep 7, 9:27 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Yuma3 hr
Sep 7, 9:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR56 min
Sep 8, 1:09 PM PDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma7 hr
Sep 8, 1:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR46 min
Sep 8, 2:17 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR43 min
Sep 8, 3:16 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Sep 8, 3:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR44 min
Sep 8, 3:34 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma41 min
Sep 8, 3:38 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR37 min
Sep 8, 3:40 PM PDTDust Storm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma80 min
Sep 8, 4:07 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma23 min
Sep 8, 4:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR51 min
Sep 8, 4:36 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR39 min
Sep 8, 4:39 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR51 min
Sep 8, 4:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz39 min
Sep 7, 5:39 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRRiverside51 min
Sep 7, 6:09 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside2 hr
Sep 7, 6:51 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside39 min
Sep 7, 9:12 PM PDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSRImperial, Riverside108 min
Sep 8, 1:38 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRImperial37 min
Sep 8, 2:00 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside45 min
Sep 8, 2:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial50 min
Sep 8, 2:16 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRImperial3 hr
Sep 8, 2:23 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRImperial, Riverside37 min
Sep 8, 2:36 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRRiverside3 hr
Sep 8, 2:53 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRRiverside37 min
Sep 8, 2:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRImperial35 min
Sep 8, 2:57 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside48 min
Sep 8, 3:16 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRRiverside3 hr
Sep 8, 4:00 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRRiverside3 hr
Sep 8, 4:17 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial28 min
Sep 8, 4:19 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside26 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.