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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

March 7, 2024Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Mar 7, 2024, 5:21 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2024, 5:21 PM MST (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2024, 5:45 PM MST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 30

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 7, 4:31 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 4:31 PM MST, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:15 PM MST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
115 PM MST Thu Mar 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0104 PM     Hail             7 SW Phoenix            33.37N 112.15W
03/07/2024  E0.25 inch       Maricopa           AZ   Public

            Pea size hail reported in Laveen.

&&

GL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:32 PM MST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
132 PM MST Thu Mar 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1156 AM     Hail             4 S Deer Valley         33.61N 112.13W
03/07/2024  E0.25 inch       Maricopa           AZ   Public

            Pea-size hail reported.

&&

GL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:43 PM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
143 PM MST Thu Mar 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1106 AM     Hail             6 NE Beardsley          33.75N 112.33W
03/07/2024  E0.25 inch       Maricopa           AZ   Public

            Pea-size hail reported in the Vistancia area
            in Peoria.

&&

GL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:46 PM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
146 PM MST Thu Mar 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     Hail             5 SSE Avondale          33.37N 112.32W
03/07/2024  E0.25 inch       Maricopa           AZ   Emergency Mngr

            Pea-size hail reported at the Phoenix
            International Raceway in Avondale.

&&

GL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 1:49 PM MST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
149 PM MST Thu Mar 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     Hail             5 NNW Ahwatukee Foothil 33.37N 112.09W
03/07/2024  E0.25 inch       Maricopa           AZ   Trained Spotter

            Pea-size hail reported.

&&

GL

Local storm report, Mar 7, 2:21 PM MST, 3 hours before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
221 PM MST Thu Mar 7 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     Hail             3 ENE Phoenix Mesa Gate 33.33N 111.61W
03/07/2024  E0.25 inch       Maricopa           AZ   Public

            Pea-size hail reported.

&&

GL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 5:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	29 min
Mar 7, 5:59 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	46 min
Mar 7, 6:29 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	31 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.