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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 6, 2018Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Oct 6, 2018, 3:39 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It took effect at Oct 7, 2018, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2018, 3:39 PM MST (22:39 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2018, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Oct 7, 2018, 1:17 PM MST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Flood severity
None

Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Oct 6, 3:35 PM MST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 3:35 PM MST, 4 minutes before
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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.