Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 31, 2016, 10:43 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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
- Jan 31, 2016, 10:43 PM MST (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 11:15 PM MST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
789 WUUS55 KPSR 010543 SVRPSR AZC007-013-010615- /O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0002.160201T0543Z-160201T0615Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1043 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... WESTERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 1115 PM MST * AT 1042 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT...OR NEAR PARADISE VALLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...FOUNTAIN HILLS...PARADISE VALLEY...ROUND VALLEY... SYCAMORE CREEK...BALLANTINE TRAILHEAD...SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN... SUNFLOWER...GOLDFIELD RANCH...MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PARK...SALT RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY...RIO VERDE...SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN SCOTTSDALE...TONTO BASIN AND FORT MCDOWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3345 11191 3360 11203 3400 11148 3374 11124 TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 238DEG 55KT 3357 11189 $$ CK
2 follow-up statements
729 WWUS55 KPSR 010558 SVSPSR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1058 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 AZC007-013-010615- /O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160201T0615Z/ MARICOPA AZ-GILA AZ- 1058 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA AND WESTERN GILA COUNTIES... AT 1057 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER RIO VERDE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN HILLS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTTSDALE...FOUNTAIN HILLS...SYCAMORE CREEK...BALLANTINE TRAILHEAD... ROUND VALLEY...SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN...SUNFLOWER...GOLDFIELD RANCH... MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PARK...RIO VERDE...TONTO BASIN AND FORT MCDOWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3352 11174 3373 11186 3400 11148 3374 11124 TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 235DEG 53KT 3370 11168 $$ CK
404
WWUS55 KPSR 010611
SVSPSR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1111 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
AZC007-013-010620-
/O.EXP.KPSR.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160201T0615Z/
MARICOPA AZ-GILA AZ-
1111 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA AND
WESTERN GILA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM MST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS AND WILL EXIT THE WARNED AREA BY 1115 PM. THEREFORE THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3352 11174 3373 11186 3400 11148 3374 11124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 238DEG 55KT 3370 11168
$$
CKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 10:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 84 min |
| Jan 31, 10:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 28 min |
| Jan 31, 10:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 43 min | |
| Jan 31, 10:48 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 67 min | |
| Jan 31, 11:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 51 min |
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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.