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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 30, 2021

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2021, 2:47 PM MST. It was in force for 43 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 30, 2021, 2:47 PM MST (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2021, 3:30 PM MST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 Sep 30, 2:14 PM MST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 2:14 PM MST, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 30, 10:57 AM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 2:47 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 29, 5:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	51 min
Sep 29, 6:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		26 min
Sep 29, 7:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	39 min
Sep 29, 8:00 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Yuma	3 hr
Sep 29, 8:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	40 min
Sep 29, 10:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	35 min
Sep 29, 10:27 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	48 min
Sep 29, 11:02 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	3 hr
Sep 29, 11:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	32 min
Sep 29, 11:45 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	45 min
Sep 29, 11:55 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	35 min
Sep 30, 12:42 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Pinal	48 min
Sep 30, 1:00 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Sep 30, 1:30 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		30 min
Sep 30, 3:39 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	8 hr
Sep 30, 4:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Sep 30, 4:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		49 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.