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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 20, 2018Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2018, 1:03 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 20, 2018, 1:03 PM MST (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2018, 1:30 PM MST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

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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 Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 20, 10:02 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:02 AM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:03 PM MST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 5:02 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		43 min
Jul 19, 5:13 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila	47 min
Jul 19, 5:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	30 min
Jul 19, 5:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila	49 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Gila	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:09 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Navajo	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:42 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		33 min
Jul 19, 6:42 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Gila, Yavapai	48 min
Jul 19, 7:27 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	48 min
Jul 19, 9:25 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	30 min
Jul 20, 3:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	35 min
Jul 20, 4:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		26 min
Jul 20, 4:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		36 min
Jul 20, 4:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Coconino	26 min
Jul 20, 4:59 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		31 min

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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.