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Excessive Heat Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 5, 2018Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 5, 2018, 3:24 AM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 6, 2018, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 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 5, 2018, 3:24 AM MST (10:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2018, 10:00 AM MST
Expired: Jul 6, 2018, 9:00 PM MST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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 4, 9:15 PM MST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 9:15 PM MST, 6 hours 9 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 5, 3:24 AM MST	Wind Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz	36 hr
Jul 5, 2:41 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pinal	34 min
Jul 5, 4:06 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	54 min
Jul 5, 4:14 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	46 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2018 Every excessive heat warning in 2018

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.