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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 8, 2024Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2024, 4:12 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 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: Aug 8, 2024, 4:12 PM MST (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2024, 4:45 PM MST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 Aug 7, 4:20 PM MST, 23 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:20 PM MST, 23 hours 52 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
Aug 7, 10:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	52 min
Aug 8, 3:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	111 min
Aug 8, 3:45 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	15 min
Aug 8, 4:47 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa	19 min
Aug 8, 4:53 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Gila, Maricopa	3 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.