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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2019, 6:53 PM MST for La Paz 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2019, 6:53 PM MST (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2019, 7:45 PM MST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County La Paz County, AZ
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 5:13 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 558 PM MST Thu Sep 5 2019 AZZ533-060145- Central La Paz AZ- 558 PM MST Thu Sep 5 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MST... At 558 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Wenden, or 32 miles south of Alamo Lake, moving west at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Wenden and Salome. This includes US Highway 60 between mile markers 58 and 73. LAT...LON 3388 11334 3372 11335 3369 11361 3394 11358 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 094DEG 7KT 3381 11343 Hernandez
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:01 PM MST, 52 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 643 PM MST Thu Sep 5 2019 AZZ533-060230- Central La Paz AZ- 643 PM MST Thu Sep 5 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MST... At 643 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southeast of Brenda, or 43 miles southeast of Parker, moving north at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Brenda and Vicksburg Junction. This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 34 and 49. US Highway 60 between mile markers 34 and 52. AZ Route 72 between mile markers 47 and 49. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3351 11375 3353 11394 3374 11400 3375 11365 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 187DEG 10KT 3363 11384 Hernandez
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 5, 5:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 47 min | |
| Sep 5, 5:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 5:58 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 6:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 44 min | |
| Sep 5, 6:16 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 6:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:43 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 47 min |
| Sep 5, 6:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:15 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 9:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 2:52 PM MST | Excessive Heat Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 29 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:52 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 3:05 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 25 min | |
| Sep 6, 3:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 25 min | |
| Sep 6, 4:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 37 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.