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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

January 23, 2021Imperial County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jan 23, 2021, 4:42 PM PST for Imperial County, California. It was in force for 48 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: Jan 23, 2021, 4:42 PM PST (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2021, 5:30 PM PST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Imperial County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 Jan 23, 3:36 PM PST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 3:36 PM PST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 23, 4:42 PM PST, 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
Jan 24, 4:45 AM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		45 min
Jan 24, 10:07 AM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	23 min
Jan 24, 10:27 AM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	33 min
Jan 24, 12:09 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	52 hr
Jan 24, 12:09 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	52 hr
Jan 24, 12:22 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		23 min
Jan 24, 1:02 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	28 min
Jan 24, 1:58 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		32 min
Jan 24, 2:17 PM PST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	28 min

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.