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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 26, 2024Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2024, 3:03 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2024, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2024, 3:45 PM MST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gila County, AZ, 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 26, 1:15 PM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:15 PM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:53 PM MST, 10 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 25, 5:13 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	32 min
Jul 25, 5:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	38 min
Jul 25, 5:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		45 min
Jul 25, 5:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		2 hr
Jul 25, 5:51 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	39 min
Jul 25, 5:53 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	52 min
Jul 25, 6:08 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	37 min
Jul 25, 6:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	45 min
Jul 25, 6:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	39 min
Jul 25, 6:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	32 min
Jul 25, 6:33 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	57 min
Jul 25, 6:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	47 min
Jul 25, 6:44 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:47 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:49 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	41 min
Jul 25, 6:55 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa, Yuma	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:23 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:32 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	43 min
Jul 25, 7:46 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:55 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	35 min
Jul 25, 8:35 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	25 min
Jul 25, 8:37 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	38 min
Jul 25, 8:48 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 25, 8:59 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	31 min
Jul 25, 9:24 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Pinal	3 hr
Jul 25, 10:02 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	58 min
Jul 26, 12:28 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Pinal	2 hr
Jul 26, 12:39 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		36 min
Jul 26, 2:53 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	52 min
Jul 26, 3:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	47 min
Jul 26, 3:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila	37 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.