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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 10, 2021La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Sep 10, 2021, 3:09 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 81 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: Sep 10, 2021, 3:09 PM MST (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2021, 4:30 PM MST
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County La Paz 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 Sep 10, 12:26 PM MST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 12:26 PM MST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:09 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
Sep 9, 5:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		23 min
Sep 10, 2:19 AM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	4 days
Sep 10, 3:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	6 hr
Sep 10, 3:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		79 min
Sep 9, 5:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	31 min
Sep 9, 5:47 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Riverside	3 hr
Sep 9, 5:52 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	23 min
Sep 10, 4:03 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	42 min
Sep 10, 4:22 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Imperial	5 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.