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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 9, 2017Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Sep 9, 2017, 1:49 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2017, 1:49 PM MST (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2017, 2:30 PM MST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Yuma 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 Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 9, 11:07 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 11:07 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:47 AM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 10:43 AM MST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:37 PM MST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:49 PM MST, 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
Sep 8, 5:12 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	48 min
Sep 8, 6:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		44 min
Sep 8, 6:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	47 min
Sep 8, 7:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Sep 8, 7:49 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 8, 7:54 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Sep 8, 8:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	45 min
Sep 8, 8:09 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 8, 8:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	47 min
Sep 8, 11:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	38 min
Sep 9, 12:03 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:13 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:29 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:33 AM MST	Flash Flood Watch	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	20 hr
Sep 9, 12:40 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:43 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	47 min
Sep 9, 2:15 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz	2 hr
Sep 9, 6:11 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Sep 9, 8:47 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		43 min
Sep 9, 9:43 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	3 hr
Sep 9, 10:43 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	47 min
Sep 9, 10:59 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	2 hr
Sep 9, 12:15 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:19 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		38 min
Sep 9, 1:14 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Sep 9, 2:41 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Yuma	3 hr
Sep 8, 5:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Riverside	47 min
Sep 9, 9:37 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Imperial	3 hr
Sep 9, 11:14 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Riverside	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:53 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Riverside, San Bernardino	3 hr

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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.