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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2016, 6:05 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 25 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 1, 2016, 6:05 PM MST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
125
WFUS55 KPSR 020105
TORPSR
AZC013-020130-
/O.NEW.KPSR.TO.W.0001.160702T0105Z-160702T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
605 PM MST FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 630 PM MST
* AT 605 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PALO VERDE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKEYE...AND MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOODYEAR...ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN RANCH AND RAINBOW VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3319 11262 3331 11262 3341 11240 3315 11237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 263DEG 9KT 3327 11257
$$
HERNANDEZ1 follow-up statement
597
WWUS55 KPSR 020125
SVSPSR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
625 PM MST FRI JUL 1 2016
AZC013-020130-
/O.CON.KPSR.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160702T0130Z/
MARICOPA AZ-
625 PM MST FRI JUL 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
MARICOPA COUNTY...
AT 622 PM MST...THE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE CIRCULATION
WITH THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED BUT IS STILL IN PLACE...THUS WE ARE
LETTING THE TORNADO WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN RANCH...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BUCKEYE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOODYEAR...ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN RANCH AND RAINBOW VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3319 11262 3331 11262 3341 11240 3315 11237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 263DEG 9KT 3328 11252
$$
HERNANDEZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 5:07 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 5:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 116 min |
| Jul 1, 5:28 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:36 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 5:53 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 6:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:52 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 113 min |
| Jul 1, 7:16 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 44 min | |
| Jul 1, 7:17 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 103 min | |
| Jul 1, 8:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 8:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 8:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 8:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 8:42 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:52 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 113 min |
| Jul 1, 9:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 40 min | |
| Jul 1, 10:17 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:44 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 31 min | |
| Jul 2, 2:23 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 5:12 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:02 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
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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.