Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1996, 4:22 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 68 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1996, 4:22 PM MST (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1996, 5:30 PM MST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:10 PM MST | Hail 0.75 | Phoenix, AZ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:42 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 4:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.