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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 19, 2021La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2021, 6:20 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2021, 6:20 PM MST (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2021, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County La Paz County, AZ

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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 19, 4:10 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:10 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:29 PM MST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:17 PM MST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:20 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 19, 6:52 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz	2 hr
Jul 20, 1:33 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		42 min
Jul 20, 1:41 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		49 min
Jul 20, 2:02 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 20, 2:17 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		43 min
Jul 20, 2:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		32 min
Jul 20, 2:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		53 min
Jul 20, 2:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Jul 20, 2:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		48 min
Jul 20, 3:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Jul 20, 3:08 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		52 min
Jul 20, 3:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	40 min
Jul 20, 3:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Jul 20, 3:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		43 min
Jul 20, 3:55 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Jul 20, 4:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	52 min
Jul 20, 4:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		45 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	43 min
Jul 20, 4:53 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:57 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr

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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.