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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 24, 1996Gila County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1996, 5:45 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1996, 5:45 PM MST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1996, 6:30 PM MST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Gila County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 1996-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1735 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 1996-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.