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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 22, 2024La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2024, 7:40 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 22, 2024, 7:40 PM MST (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2024, 8:30 PM MST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County La Paz County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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 Jul 22, 5:12 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 5:12 PM MST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:46 PM MST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:40 PM MST, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:58 PM MST, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:09 PM MST, 31 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
Jul 22, 6:40 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	50 min
Jul 22, 6:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Jul 22, 7:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	36 min
Jul 22, 8:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	25 min
Jul 22, 8:10 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	2 hr
Jul 23, 2:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		48 min
Jul 23, 3:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		34 min
Jul 23, 3:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		48 min
Jul 23, 12:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	36 min
Jul 23, 12:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	47 min
Jul 23, 12:56 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Riverside, San Bernardino	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:05 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	3 hr
Jul 23, 4:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	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.