Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2021, 1:28 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 min. 8 reports 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
- Jan 25, 2021, 1:28 PM MST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2021, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1:29 PM MST | TSTM WND DMG | Litchfield Park, AZ | ***DELAYED REPORT*** TWITTER POST SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL TREE DAMAGE AT THE WIGWAM GOLF COURSE WITH NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED AND SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED DUE TO ESTIMATED LOCALIZED 70 MPH WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 25, 1:36 PM MST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Youngtown, AZ | ***DELAYED REPORT*** MEDIA REPORTS SHOW A FEW HOMES IN SUN CITY WITH ROOF SHINGLES RIPPED OFF ALONG WITH A COUPLE PALO VERDE TREES AND FENCING DOWN DUE TO ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jan 25, 1:40 PM MST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Glendale, AZ | DELAYED REPORT. FACEBOOK FOLLOWER REPORTED RIPPED OFF ROOFING SHINGLES IN THEIR YARD ON 83RD AND CAMELBACK. |
| Jan 25, 1:41 PM MST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Glendale, AZ | DAMAGE TO ROOF WITH ONE WIND TURBINE BLOWN OFF ROOF. |
| Jan 25, 1:43 PM MST | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Nne Glendale, AZ | DELAYED REPORT. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WAS COVERED IN PEA SIZE HAIL. |
| Jan 25, 1:44 PM MST | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Se Peoria, AZ | DELAYED REPORT. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN PEORIA. |
| Jan 25, 1:45 PM MST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Glendale, AZ | LARGE TREE CAUSED DAMAGE TO CARPORT. |
| Jan 25, 1:51 PM MST | HAIL 0.25 | 2 Ssw Peoria, AZ | DELAYED REPORT. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
065
WUUS55 KPSR 252028
SVRPSR
AZC013-252100-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0001.210125T2028Z-210125T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
128 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
* Until 200 PM MST.
* At 127 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Litchfield Park to near Goodyear to near Estrella
Mountain Ranch, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Phoenix, Glendale, Avondale, Goodyear, El Mirage, Tolleson,
Youngtown, Sun City, Waddell, Cashion, Litchfield Park, Glendale
Sports Complex, Luke AFB, Phoenix International Raceway and
Downtown Peoria.
* This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 125 and 141.
AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 205 and 212.
US Highway 60 between mile markers 145 and 159.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3371 11218 3359 11208 3337 11217 3331 11248
3345 11243 3355 11245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 241DEG 44KT 3350 11239 3345 11238 3337 11242
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
181 follow-up statement
573
WWUS55 KPSR 252040
SVSPSR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
140 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021
AZC013-252100-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210125T2100Z/
Maricopa AZ-
140 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM MST
FOR MARICOPA COUNTY...
At 140 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Sun City to Glendale to near Tolleson to near Phoenix
International Raceway, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Phoenix, Glendale, Avondale, El Mirage, Tolleson, Youngtown, Sun
City, Waddell, Cashion, Litchfield Park, Glendale Sports Complex,
Luke AFB, Phoenix International Raceway, Downtown Peoria and
Arrowhead Mall.
This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 130 and 141.
AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 205 and 212.
US Highway 60 between mile markers 145 and 159.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3371 11218 3359 11208 3337 11217 3333 11239
3346 11234 3358 11240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 250DEG 47KT 3364 11226 3352 11221 3343 11221
3336 11226
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 31 min | |
| Jan 25, 10:16 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 44 min |
| Jan 25, 11:01 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 44 min |
| Jan 25, 11:19 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 41 min |
| Jan 25, 11:53 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 12:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 53 min |
| Jan 25, 12:40 PM MST | Freeze Watch | PSR | Maricopa | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:40 PM MST | Hard Freeze Watch | PSR | Gila, Pinal | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 39 min |
| Jan 25, 1:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 1:36 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 24 min |
| Jan 25, 1:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 43 min | |
| Jan 25, 1:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 25 min |
| Jan 25, 1:53 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 2:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 34 min | |
| Jan 25, 2:40 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 50 min |
| Jan 25, 2:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 14 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.