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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2026, 4:01 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 30, 2026, 4:01 PM MST (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2026, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 4 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 23:01 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 Aug 30, 12:43 PM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 12:43 PM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 29, 5:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 36 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 24 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:31 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:43 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 7:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 8:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 8:31 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:46 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 8:47 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:29 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 11:34 PM MST | Flood Watch | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 44 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 3:04 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 3:07 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 3:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 3:53 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 8 min |
| Aug 30, 4:04 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 4:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 4:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 4:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 4:35 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 4:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 45 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:49 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 26 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.