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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 9, 2021Gila County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 5:36 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 9, 2021, 5:36 PM MST (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Gila County, AZ

The radar

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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 Jul 9, 5:08 PM MST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:08 PM MST, 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:53 PM MST, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:36 PM MST, 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
Jul 9, 5:36 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila	6 hr
Jul 9, 6:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		52 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		30 min
Jul 9, 8:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	45 min
Jul 9, 8:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	47 min
Jul 9, 9:18 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila	4 hr
Jul 9, 9:18 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	42 min
Jul 9, 9:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila, Pinal	4 hr
Jul 9, 9:39 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	36 min
Jul 9, 9:54 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	51 min
Jul 9, 10:06 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	39 min
Jul 9, 10:21 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	54 min
Jul 9, 10:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	45 min
Jul 9, 10:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Pinal	4 hr
Jul 9, 10:44 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	31 min
Jul 9, 10:52 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:12 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	63 min
Jul 9, 11:15 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	60 min
Jul 9, 11:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	26 min
Jul 9, 11:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	38 min
Jul 9, 11:31 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	44 min
Jul 9, 11:33 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	4 hr
Jul 10, 1:02 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	28 min
Jul 10, 1:57 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	9 hr
Jul 10, 2:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	48 min
Jul 10, 3:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	45 min

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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.