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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 24, 2017Graham County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2017, 3:18 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 24, 2017, 3:18 PM MST (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2017, 4:00 PM MST
In force: 42 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 Jul 24, 1:55 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:55 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:05 PM MST, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:18 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
Jul 23, 5:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	28 min
Jul 23, 5:30 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:53 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham, Pinal	42 min
Jul 23, 6:26 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 23, 6:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham, Pinal	119 min
Jul 23, 8:30 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 24, 11:43 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	2 hr
Jul 24, 3:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		40 min
Jul 24, 4:14 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:21 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:41 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	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.