Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 1995, 4:47 PM MST for Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 1995, 4:47 PM MST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 1995, 5:35 PM MST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHX 212355 RRA
SVRPHX
AZC013-021-220035-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
447 PM MST TUE FEB 21 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
...EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY ...FAR EAST PORTIONS OF THE GREATER
PHOENIX AREA
...NORTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY ...APACHE JUNCTION
AT 445 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED VERY STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD APACHE JUNCTION FROM THE SOUTHEAST.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING AT 35 MPH AND WILL EXTEND INTO PORTIONS
OF EAST MESA BEFORE 535 PM.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
VASQUEZWhat 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 1:09 PM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
AZZ007-008-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 109 PM MST TUE FEB 21 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM PARKER TO GILA BEND AT 1 PM... A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ARIZONA FROM PARKER TO GILA BEND. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WERE STRONG AND MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT NEARLY 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING NEAR TUCSON AT 1 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS ARE GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD PEAK TO NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH DENSE BLOWING DUST ON THE DESERTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EXTEND TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE AREA FOR APPROACHING WEATHER AND PREPARE FOR GUSTY WINDS. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 1:20 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AZZ007-008-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 109 PM MST TUE FEB 21 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE FROM PARKER TO GILA BEND AT 1 PM... A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ARIZONA FROM PARKER TO GILA BEND. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WERE STRONG AND MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT NEARLY 30 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING NEAR TUCSON AT 1 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS ARE GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD PEAK TO NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH DENSE BLOWING DUST ON THE DESERTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EXTEND TO OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD MONITOR THE AREA FOR APPROACHING WEATHER AND PREPARE FOR GUSTY WINDS. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 3:00 PM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AZZ008-009-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 300 PM MST TUE FEB 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY BETWEEN FLORENCE AND ORACLE... AND IN WESTERN ARIZONA BETWEEN LAKE HAVASU AND BUCKEYE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. AT 245 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS NEAR TUCSON EXTENDING NORTH TOWARD THE TOWN OF FLORENCE IN PINAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAILSTONES...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. TWO OF THE LARGEST STORMS AT 245 PM WERE LOCATED NEAR SAN MANUEL... AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ORACLE JUNCTION. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN ARIZONA BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF VICKSBURG AND INTERSTATE 10 NEAR TONOPAH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND EXTEND TO OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...BLOWING DUST...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 3:10 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AZZ008-009-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 300 PM MST TUE FEB 21 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY BETWEEN FLORENCE AND ORACLE... AND IN WESTERN ARIZONA BETWEEN LAKE HAVASU AND BUCKEYE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. AT 245 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS NEAR TUCSON EXTENDING NORTH TOWARD THE TOWN OF FLORENCE IN PINAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAILSTONES...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. TWO OF THE LARGEST STORMS AT 245 PM WERE LOCATED NEAR SAN MANUEL... AND 15 MILES NORTH OF ORACLE JUNCTION. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN ARIZONA BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF VICKSBURG AND INTERSTATE 10 NEAR TONOPAH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND EXTEND TO OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...BLOWING DUST...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Feb 21, 4:47 PM MST, 0 minutes before
AZZ008-220130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 436 PM MST TUE FEB 21 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST MOVING INTO THE PHOENIX VALLEY FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING... A GUST FRONT WITH POSSIBLE BLOWING DUST...GENERATED FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FLORENCE JUNCTION...WAS APPROACHING THE PHOENIX EAST VALLEY AT 430 PM. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO PARTS OF PHOENIX FROM THE EAST THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING DUST...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH HEAVY RAIN. VASQUEZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 49 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.