Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2009, 4:06 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 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 17, 2009, 4:06 PM MST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2009, 4:45 PM MST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 Jul 17, 3:15 PM MST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:15 PM MST, 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:15 AM MST, 10 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 515 AM MST FRI JUL 17 2009 AZZ021>023-026>028-181230- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 515 AM MST FRI JUL 17 2009 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 THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT. IT WOULD BE WISE TO COMPLETE AS MUCH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE SUN AND HEAT ARE LESS INTENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH RECORD LEVELS THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ020-025-CAZ031>033-181230- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 515 AM MST FRI JUL 17 2009 /515 AM PDT FRI JUL 17 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT. IT WOULD BE WISE TO COMPLETE AS MUCH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE SUN AND HEAT ARE LESS INTENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH RECORD LEVELS THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT REQUIRED. CAZ030-181230- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK- 515 AM PDT FRI JUL 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IT WOULD BE WISE TO COMPLETE AS MUCH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE SUN AND HEAT ARE LESS INTENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING RECORD LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT REQUIRED. AZZ024-181230- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 515 AM MST FRI JUL 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED. IT WOULD BE WISE TO COMPLETE AS MUCH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE SUN AND HEAT ARE LESS INTENSE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS ARE STILL A POSSIBILITY. THE HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING RECORD LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:04 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 6:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 114 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.