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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 7, 2018

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2018, 4:33 PM MST. It was in force for 42 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: Oct 7, 2018, 4:33 PM MST (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2018, 5:15 PM MST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 Oct 7, 2:57 PM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 2:57 PM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:47 PM MST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 2:57 PM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:34 PM MST, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 4:00 PM MST, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 4:32 PM MST, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 4:33 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
Oct 6, 10:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		26 min
Oct 6, 10:38 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Oct 6, 10:52 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		38 min
Oct 6, 11:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		25 min
Oct 7, 12:08 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		22 min
Oct 7, 12:31 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 12:36 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Oct 7, 1:13 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 1:29 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	31 min
Oct 7, 1:49 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 2:08 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	37 min
Oct 7, 2:11 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	34 min
Oct 7, 2:29 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 2:37 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		38 min
Oct 7, 2:42 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	33 min
Oct 7, 2:47 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 2:50 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Oct 7, 3:09 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		36 min
Oct 7, 3:22 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	23 min
Oct 7, 3:24 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	36 min
Oct 7, 3:43 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 3:49 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 4:13 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 4:26 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	4 hr
Oct 7, 5:56 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Oct 7, 6:40 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 6:47 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	6 hr
Oct 7, 7:04 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 7:11 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Oct 7, 7:28 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Oct 7, 7:59 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Oct 7, 9:21 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	3 hr
Oct 7, 9:43 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	32 min
Oct 7, 10:53 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Oct 7, 1:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		35 min
Oct 7, 2:03 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		42 min
Oct 7, 2:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		51 min
Oct 7, 2:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		43 min
Oct 7, 2:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	48 min
Oct 7, 3:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		41 min
Oct 7, 4:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Oct 7, 4:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	43 min
Oct 7, 4:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Oct 7, 4:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	50 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.