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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 5, 2021Gila County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2021, 5:04 PM MST for Gila County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 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
Sep 5, 2021, 5:04 PM MST (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gila County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

670 
WUUS55 KPSR 060004
SVRPSR
AZC007-021-060045-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0103.210906T0004Z-210906T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
504 PM MST Sun Sep 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Gila County in east central Arizona...
  Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 545 PM MST.

* At 504 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles southeast of Superior to near Christmas,
  moving south at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hayden and Christmas. 

This includes the following highways...
AZ Route 77 between mile markers 135 and 141, near mile marker 143,
and between mile markers 146 and 159.
AZ Route 177 between mile markers 137 and 162.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3314 11059 3315 11063 3308 11070 3307 11073
      3304 11072 3299 11077 3299 11079 3324 11094
      3315 11110 3329 11104 3317 11055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 019DEG 27KT 3317 11103 3303 11073 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Iniguez
1 follow-up statement
010 
WWUS55 KPSR 060036
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
536 PM MST Sun Sep 5 2021

AZC007-021-060045-
/O.EXP.KPSR.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210906T0045Z/
Gila AZ-Pinal AZ-
536 PM MST Sun Sep 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GILA AND PINAL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM MST...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds are still possible with
these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3314 11059 3315 11063 3308 11070 3307 11073
      3304 11072 3299 11077 3299 11079 3324 11094
      3315 11110 3329 11104 3317 11055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 019DEG 27KT 3296 11112 3282 11082 

$$

SDB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 5:36 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Sep 5, 5:43 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal89 min
Sep 6, 12:12 PM MSTExcessive Heat WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa3 days

Nearby

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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.