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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

January 20, 2023Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this freeze warning at Jan 20, 2023, 1:40 AM MST for Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2023, 1:40 AM MST (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 21, 2023, 9:00 AM MST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

Counties Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Jan 19, 10:26 PM MST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 10:26 PM MST, 3 hours 14 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
Jan 20, 1:40 AM MST	Freeze Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	55 hr
Jan 20, 1:40 AM MST	Hard Freeze Warning	PSR	La Paz	31 hr
Jan 20, 1:06 PM MST	Hard Freeze Warning	PSR	La Paz	44 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.