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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 9, 2021Riverside County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2021, 1:29 PM PDT for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 46 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 9, 2021, 1:29 PM PDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2021, 2:15 PM PDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Riverside County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Yuma Prvg Ground, AZ (K1Y7), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Yuma Prvg Ground, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 658 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, Yuma Prvg Ground, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
658 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-411 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

530 
WUUS55 KPSR 092029
SVRPSR
CAC065-092115-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0104.210909T2029Z-210909T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
129 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Riverside County in southern California...

* Until 215 PM PDT.

* At 129 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chiriaco
  Summit, moving northwest at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Chiriaco Summit and Cottonwood Visitor Center. 

This includes CA Interstate 10 between mile markers 85 and 100.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3371 11547 3369 11548 3369 11545 3368 11544
      3359 11562 3373 11587 3387 11572 3387 11558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 137DEG 16KT 3374 11564 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

INS
2 follow-up statements
538 
WWUS55 KPSR 092040
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
140 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

CAC065-092115-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-210909T2115Z/
Riverside CA-
140 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM PDT
FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY...

At 140 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cottonwood
Visitor Center, or 7 miles north of Chiriaco Summit, moving northwest
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Chiriaco Summit and Cottonwood Visitor Center. 

This includes CA Interstate 10 between mile markers 85 and 100.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3371 11547 3369 11548 3369 11545 3368 11544
      3359 11562 3373 11587 3387 11572 3387 11558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 137DEG 16KT 3378 11568 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

INS
374 
WWUS55 KPSR 092109
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
209 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

CAC065-092117-
/O.EXP.KPSR.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-210909T2115Z/
Riverside CA-
209 PM PDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 215 PM PDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Phoenix.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
portions of Joshua Tree National Park in eastern Riverside County 
until 245 PM PDT.

LAT...LON 3371 11547 3369 11548 3369 11545 3368 11544
      3359 11562 3373 11587 3387 11572 3387 11558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 137DEG 16KT 3386 11577 

$$

INS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 1:21 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside24 min
Sep 9, 1:58 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside32 min
Sep 9, 2:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRRiverside45 min
Sep 9, 2:31 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside29 min
Sep 9, 3:42 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside33 min
Sep 9, 4:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.