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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 26, 2022Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2022, 11:46 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 26, 2022, 11:46 PM MST (06:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2022, 12:30 AM MST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 26, 10:49 PM MST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 10:49 PM MST, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:43 PM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 11:34 PM MST, 12 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
Aug 26, 5:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	45 min
Aug 26, 5:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	52 min
Aug 26, 5:51 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	La Paz	84 min
Aug 26, 6:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	92 min
Aug 26, 11:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	41 min
Aug 27, 12:31 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	14 min
Aug 27, 12:47 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	13 min
Aug 27, 12:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	43 min
Aug 27, 1:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Aug 27, 1:07 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	23 min
Aug 27, 1:14 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	46 min
Aug 27, 1:28 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	47 min
Aug 27, 1:32 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 27, 2:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	47 min
Aug 27, 2:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		32 min
Aug 27, 2:42 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		48 min
Aug 27, 2:54 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 27, 3:08 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	52 min
Aug 27, 3:15 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	4 hr
Aug 27, 3:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	39 min
Aug 27, 3:39 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	66 min
Aug 27, 4:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	44 min
Aug 27, 4:36 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	24 min
Aug 27, 4:49 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila	4 hr
Aug 27, 4:52 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	38 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.