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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ

March 31, 2024La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Mar 31, 2024, 9:13 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 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: Mar 31, 2024, 9:13 PM MST (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2024, 12:15 AM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County La Paz County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 31, 5:06 PM MST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 5:06 PM MST, 4 hours 7 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
Mar 31, 9:47 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Gila	44 hr
Apr 1, 2:53 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		52 min
Apr 1, 4:54 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Apr 1, 7:14 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	4 hr
Apr 1, 1:52 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	113 min
Apr 1, 1:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		34 min
Apr 1, 3:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2024 Every flash flood warning in 2024

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.