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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2013, 12:13 AM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 62 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 27, 2013, 12:13 AM MST (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2013, 1:15 AM MST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 26, 2:10 PM MST, 10 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:10 PM MST, 10 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:36 AM MST, 18 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 536 AM MST FRI JUL 26 2013 AZZ022-023-027-028-271300- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 536 AM MST FRI JUL 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS INCLUDE DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS LEADING TO FLOODING OF AREA ROADS...WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. GRADUAL DRYING IS EXPECTED DURING THE WEEKEND...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME QUITE ISOLATED BY SUNDAY. PRIMARY HAZARDS INCLUDING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...AND DEADLY LIGHTING. NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME MOISTURE INCREASING FROM THE EAST WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY LEADING TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON OR EVENING STORMS MAINLY EAST OF PHOENIX. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AZZ024-271300- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 536 AM MST FRI JUL 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...FAVORING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO FLOODING OF ROADS...WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON SATURDAY WITH THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS INCLUDING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. SOME DRYING IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-271300- 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- 536 AM MST FRI JUL 26 2013 /536 AM PDT FRI JUL 26 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST- CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...AND THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO FLOODING OF ROADS...WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A DRYING TREND FROM THE WEST WILL BEGIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME VERY ISOLATED. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS. NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS MUCH DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 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 26, 11:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 11:48 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 36 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.