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Excessive Heat Watch 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 5, 2021La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this excessive heat watch at Jul 5, 2021, 12:59 PM MST for La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Jul 10, 2021, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2021, 12:59 PM MST (19:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 10, 2021, 10:00 AM MST
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 1:42 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Imperial County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 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 excessive heat watch went out at Jul 5, 11:24 AM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:24 AM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:06 PM MST, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 5:02 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 4, 5:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila23 min
Jul 4, 5:49 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 4, 5:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR37 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Watches in California, 2021Excessive Heat Watches in Arizona, 2021Every excessive heat watch in 2021

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.