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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 17, 2022Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2022, 10:12 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 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 17, 2022, 10:12 PM MST (05:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2022, 11:00 PM MST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Maricopa 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 Jul 17, 4:54 PM MST, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 4:54 PM MST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:10 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:20 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
820 PM MST Sun Jul 17 2022

AZZ547-556-558-562-563-180400-
Southeast Gila County AZ-Tonto Basin AZ-Globe/Miami AZ-
Rio Verde/Salt River AZ-Pinal/Superstition Mountains AZ-
820 PM MST Sun Jul 17 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Gila and Maricopa
Counties through 900 PM MST...

At 819 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles north of Claypool, or 14 miles east of Roosevelt, moving west
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Roosevelt, Roosevelt Dam, Tonto National Monument and Roosevelt
Estates.

This includes AZ Route 188 between mile markers 225 and 247.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If on or near Lake Roosevelt, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3379 11113 3376 11099 3364 11092 3368 11084
      3365 11078 3353 11079 3349 11120 3383 11119
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 091DEG 18KT 3362 11088

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 9:28 PM MST, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:01 PM MST, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:03 PM MST, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 6:56 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRPinal64 min
Jul 17, 7:27 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal48 min
Jul 17, 7:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal43 min
Jul 17, 7:53 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal67 min
Jul 17, 8:10 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR50 min
Jul 17, 8:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa47 min
Jul 17, 8:20 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila40 min
Jul 17, 8:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal53 min
Jul 17, 8:47 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa118 min
Jul 17, 8:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa47 min
Jul 17, 9:11 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa2 hr
Jul 17, 9:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR47 min
Jul 17, 9:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa45 min
Jul 17, 10:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR49 min
Jul 17, 11:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR38 min
Jul 17, 11:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR45 min
Jul 18, 12:29 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz46 min
Jul 18, 12:31 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Jul 18, 12:58 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa47 min
Jul 18, 1:16 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Jul 18, 1:18 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa42 min
Jul 18, 1:44 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa46 min
Jul 18, 2:29 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa46 min
Jul 18, 3:08 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa52 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.