Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 6:45 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 75 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 6:45 PM MST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 140145 RRA SVRPHX AZC013-140300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 645 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PHOENIX METRO AREA...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MOST SEVERE STORM ON RADAR THIS HOUR WAS LOCATED FROM 5 TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN HILLS. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING A MICROBURST AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. RESIDENTS OF THE NORTHEAST VALLEY WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BLOWING DUST DURING THE NEXT HOUR. MOBILE HOMES ARE IN DANGER FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS... ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TIED DOWN. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. IF YOUR TRAILER PARK HAS A STORM SHELTER...USE IT. DRIVING YOUR CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DURING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DANGERS INCLUDE FLYING DEBRIS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST...DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREES AS WELL AS FLOODED STREETS. STAY AT HOME OR IN A REINNFORCED BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. KOCH
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:41 PM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
AZZ004-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 142 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER YAVAPAI AND GILA COUNTIES... AT 135 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS YAVAPAI AND GILA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM ON RADAR AT THIS TIME WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOCH
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:42 PM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
AZZ004-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 142 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER YAVAPAI AND GILA COUNTIES... AT 135 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS YAVAPAI AND GILA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM ON RADAR AT THIS TIME WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOCH
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:04 PM MST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AZZ004-008-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 305 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... AT 300 PM MST PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY...WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...GILA COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. ONE OF THE STRONGER STORMS WAS LOCATED IN PINAL COUNTY BETWEEN SAN MANUEL AND WINKLEMAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN THE ROADWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 77. SOME OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 60 ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHOENIX. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED FrOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO RAIN OR BLOWING DUST AS WELL AS SLICK ROADWAYS. HOLDER
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:05 PM MST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AZZ004-008-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 305 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... AT 300 PM MST PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY...WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY...GILA COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. ONE OF THE STRONGER STORMS WAS LOCATED IN PINAL COUNTY BETWEEN SAN MANUEL AND WINKLEMAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN THE ROADWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 77. SOME OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 60 ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHOENIX. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO RAIN OR BLOWING DUST AS WELL AS SLICK ROADWAYS. HOLDER
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:03 PM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AZZ007-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 405 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTY... AT 400 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LA PAZ COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE EAGLETAIL MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. KOCH
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:05 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AZZ007-140015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 405 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTY... AT 400 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LA PAZ COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE EAGLETAIL MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY AND NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.