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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 10, 2011Imperial County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2011, 5:37 PM PDT for Imperial County, California. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2011, 5:37 PM PDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2011, 6:30 PM PDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Imperial County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2011-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 00:00Z on 2011-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

121 
WUUS55 KPSR 110037
SVRPSR
CAC025-110130-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0013.110711T0037Z-110711T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
537 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...IMPERIAL...EL CENTRO...CALEXICO...

* UNTIL 630 PM PDT

* AT 530 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  IN ADDITION...DENSE BLOWING DUST MAY ACCOMPANY THIS
  SEVERE STORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALEXICO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOLTVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3266 11565 3286 11560 3288 11531 3267 11535
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 206DEG 15KT 3276 11548

$$

CJB
1 follow-up statement
593 
WWUS55 KPSR 110100
SVSPSR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 PM MST SUN JUL 10 2011

CAC025-110130-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110711T0130Z/
IMPERIAL CA-
600 PM PDT SUN JUL 10 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IMPERIAL COUNTY...

AT 552 PM PDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  IN ADDITION...DENSE 
BLOWING SAND OR DUST MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR EL CENTRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER AFFECTED 
COMMUNITIES INCLUDE IMPERIAL AND HEBER.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...INTENSE RAIN...AND HAIL IS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3266 11565 3286 11560 3288 11531 3267 11535
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 206DEG 15KT 3284 11543

$$

CJB

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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.