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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2006, 9:23 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 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 11, 2006, 9:23 PM MST (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2006, 10:30 PM MST
- In force
- 67 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 04:25 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, 4.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 11, 2:45 PM MST, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:45 PM MST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 6:24 AM MST, 14 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 624 AM MST FRI AUG 11 2006 AZZ021>023-026>028-121330- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- GREATER PHOENIX AREA-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 624 AM MST FRI AUG 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND COME TO A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK...AND FLOWING WATER ACROSS A ROAD CAN BE STRONGER THAN YOU REALIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...AND DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ024-121330- SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS- 624 AM MST FRI AUG 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL HAIL... AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND COME TO A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK...AND FLOWING WATER ACROSS A ROAD CAN BE STRONGER THAN YOU REALIZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...AND DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ020-025-CAZ031>033-121330- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 624 AM PDT FRI AUG 11 2006 /624 AM MST FRI AUG 11 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING TODAY AND THIS EVENING MAINLY NEAR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ELLIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 73 min |
| Aug 11, 10:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 74 min |
| Aug 11, 11:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 11:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 61 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.