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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Phoenix, AZ

December 22, 2023Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 2023, 2:30 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2023, 2:30 PM MST (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2023, 3:15 PM MST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Yuma County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 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 Dec 22, 10:00 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 10:00 AM MST, 4 hours 30 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
Dec 22, 3:12 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	33 min
Dec 22, 3:33 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	3 hr
Dec 22, 3:44 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Yuma	3 hr
Dec 22, 3:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	25 min

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.