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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 25, 2006La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2006, 11:06 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 54 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
Jul 25, 2006, 11:06 PM MST (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2006, 12:00 AM MST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County La Paz County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2006-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 932 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 2006-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 10:45 PM MST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 10:45 PM MST, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 6:00 AM MST, 17 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 AM MST TUE JUL 25 2006

AZZ022-023-027-028-260430-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
600 AM MST TUE JUL 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
TODAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN
THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREATS INCLUDE
STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DENSE BLOWING
DUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

INCREASED MONSOON HUMIDITY ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE
FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WILL VARY FROM DAY TO DAY. THE
GREATEST THREATS IN ADDITION TO STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS IS
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HEAVY RUNOFF.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-260430-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
600 AM PDT TUE JUL 25 2006 /600 AM MST TUE JUL 25 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST TODAY. THE GREATEST THREATS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS TO NEAR 50
MPH...ALONG WITH DENSE BLOWING DUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST. THUNDERSTORM INTENITY AND COVERAGE WILL VARY FROM DAY TO
DAY. THE GREATEST THREATS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DENSE BLOWING DUST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AZZ024-260430-
SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS-
600 AM MST TUE JUL 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TODAY.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. THE GREATEST THREATS INCLUDE STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

INCREASED MONSOON HUMIDITY ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE
FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WILL VARY FROM DAY TO DAY. THE
GREATEST THREATS IN ADDITION TO STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS IS
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HEAVY RUNOFF.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 6:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila40 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz62 min
Jul 25, 6:49 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa56 min
Jul 25, 7:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa63 min
Jul 25, 8:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal61 min
Jul 25, 10:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal59 min
Jul 25, 10:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz66 min
Jul 25, 11:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.