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Excessive Heat Warning 3, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 4, 20184 counties in Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 4, 2018, 3:35 AM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Jul 5, 2018, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2018, 3:35 AM MST (10:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2018, 10:00 AM MST
Expired
Jul 5, 2018, 6:38 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 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 excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 3, 9:31 PM MST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:31 PM MST, 6 hours 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.