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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 22, 2000Gila County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2000, 7:00 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.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2000, 7:00 PM MST (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2000, 7:45 PM MST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Gila County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2000-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2000-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KPSR 230202
SVRPHX
AZC007-230245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
700 PM MST TUE AUG 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

* UNTIL 745 PM MST

* AT 655 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF GLOBE...MOVING               
  WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER OR JUST NORTH 
  OF GLOBE...MIAMI...AND CLAYPOOL. 


HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PHOENIX.

LAT...LON 3330 11065 3346$ 11061 3353 11080 3337 11086

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 3:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.