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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

June 17, 2000Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2000, 7:07 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 17, 2000, 7:07 PM MST (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2000, 7:50 PM MST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Pinal County, AZ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 7:10 PM MSTThunderstorm Wind 50 EStanfield, AZPower poles downed by wind.

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 nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2000-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 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 2000-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

962 
WUUS55 KPSR 180204
SVRPHX
AZC021-180250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
707 PM MST SAT JUN 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARIZONA

* UNTIL 750 PM MST

* AT 700 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM INTERSTATE 10/EXIT 175...
  SOUTHWEST TO STANFIELD. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT
    15 TO 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS 1O MILES NORTHWEST
  TO WEST OF GASA GRANDE.


DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.