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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 1, 2011Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2011, 5:08 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 1, 2011, 5:08 PM MST (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2011, 6:00 PM MST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2011-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2011-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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.

532 
WWUS85 KPSR 020008
SPSPSR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
508 PM MST MON AUG 1 2011

AZZ024-028-020100-
PINAL AZ-
508 PM MST MON AUG 1 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

UNTIL 600 PM MST

AT 507 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUPERIOR...MOVING WEST AT 10
MPH. 

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED 
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   QUEEN VALLEY...
   FLORENCE JUNCTION...

LAT...LON 3312 11141 3346 11148 3346 11114 3327 11109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 084DEG 7KT 3336 11119

$$

LEINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:29 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR61 min
Aug 1, 7:13 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz62 min
Aug 1, 7:16 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma59 min
Aug 2, 5:03 AM MSTExcessive Heat WarningPSR63 hr
Aug 2, 3:12 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR48 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.