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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 336
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 12, 2018, 3:40 PM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2018, 3:40 PM MST (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2018, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
Counties Gila County, AZ, La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 3:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 4:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 5:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 5:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 5:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 5:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 5:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 6:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 6:27 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Yavapai | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 6:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Navajo | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 6:48 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 6:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Navajo | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 7:07 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 7:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Yavapai | 21 min |
| Aug 12, 7:34 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 25 min |
| Aug 12, 7:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Yavapai | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 8:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Yavapai | 50 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:15 PM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yavapai | 90 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.