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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2019, 4:01 AM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 14 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2019, 4:01 AM MST (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2019, 4:15 AM MST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 4:01 AM MST | TORNADO | 6 E Deer Valley, AZ | *** DELAYED REPORT *** MINOR DAMAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC IN SOCIAL MEDIA ALONG BEARDSLEY RD. TIME BASED ON RADAR DATA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 550 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
291
WFUS55 KPSR 291101
TORPSR
AZC013-291115-
/O.NEW.KPSR.TO.W.0002.191129T1101Z-191129T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
401 AM MST Fri Nov 29 2019
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
* Until 415 AM MST.
* At 400 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Scottsdale Airport, or near Paradise Valley,
moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Fountain Hills around 410 AM MST.
McDowell Mountain Park and Rio Verde around 415 AM MST.
* This includes the following highways...
AZ Route 51 between mile markers 8 and 15.
AZ Route 101 between mile markers 29 and 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This Tornado Warning replaces the Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued
for the same area.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3351 11199 3363 11209 3385 11178 3367 11164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 233DEG 55KT 3361 11198
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CK2 follow-up statements
055
WWUS55 KPSR 291109
SVSPSR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
409 AM MST Fri Nov 29 2019
AZC013-291115-
/O.CON.KPSR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-191129T1115Z/
Maricopa AZ-
409 AM MST Fri Nov 29 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM MST FOR MARICOPA
COUNTY...
At 408 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Scottsdale, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
McDowell Mountain Park around 415 AM MST.
Scottsdale and Rio Verde around 420 AM MST.
This includes AZ Route 101 between mile markers 33 and 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 11191 3370 11198 3385 11178 3367 11164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 231DEG 52KT 3368 11189
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CK126
WWUS55 KPSR 291111
SVSPSR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
411 AM MST Fri Nov 29 2019
AZC013-291121-
/O.EXP.KPSR.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-191129T1115Z/
Maricopa AZ-
411 AM MST Fri Nov 29 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MARICOPA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM
MST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3357 11191 3370 11198 3385 11178 3367 11164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1111Z 233DEG 55KT 3368 11189
$$
CKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 5:51 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 24 min |
| Nov 28, 6:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 45 min |
| Nov 28, 6:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 44 min |
| Nov 28, 7:30 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
| Nov 28, 7:52 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 8 hr |
| Nov 28, 7:59 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:53 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 4 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:20 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 4 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:36 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 12:04 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 12:27 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Yuma | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 1:24 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 7 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:01 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Yuma | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:34 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 26 min |
| Nov 29, 2:42 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:55 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:27 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:45 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 30 min |
| Nov 29, 4:18 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:41 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 34 min |
| Nov 29, 4:44 AM MST | Tornado Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 12 min |
| Nov 29, 4:57 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:07 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:12 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:18 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 27 min |
| Nov 29, 7:12 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 7:22 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Pinal | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:10 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:33 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:53 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 36 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:14 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 1:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 29 min |
| Nov 29, 2:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 33 min |
| Nov 29, 2:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.