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Areal Flood Warning 29, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 6, 2021Gila County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this areal flood warning at Oct 6, 2021, 7:43 AM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 14 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: Oct 6, 2021, 7:43 AM MST (14:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2021, 9:45 PM MST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Gila County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 6, 4:33 AM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 4:33 AM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 6, 7:37 AM MST, 6 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 5, 5:05 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	40 min
Oct 5, 5:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	41 min
Oct 5, 5:24 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	51 min
Oct 5, 5:41 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	34 min
Oct 5, 5:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	44 min
Oct 5, 6:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Oct 5, 6:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Gila	110 min
Oct 5, 6:40 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		35 min
Oct 5, 7:17 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	43 min
Oct 5, 7:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	37 min
Oct 5, 7:50 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Oct 5, 8:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		29 min
Oct 5, 8:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Gila	10 hr

Nearby

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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.