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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 5, 2021Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2021, 5:41 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 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
Oct 5, 2021, 5:41 PM MST (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2021, 6:15 PM MST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 5, 11:46 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WUUS55 KPSR 060041
SVRPSR
AZC013-060115-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0126.211006T0041Z-211006T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
541 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Maricopa County in south central Arizona...

* Until 615 PM MST.

* At 541 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
  of Aguila, or 19 miles northwest of Tonopah, moving north at 30
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Aguila.

This includes US Highway 60 between mile markers 82 and 97.
 
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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3370 11294 3368 11315 3400 11325 3400 11294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 177DEG 26KT 3376 11307 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SDB
1 follow-up statement
488 
WWUS55 KPSR 060103
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
603 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

AZC013-060115-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-211006T0115Z/
Maricopa AZ-
603 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST
FOR MARICOPA COUNTY...

At 602 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Aguila, or 18
miles west of Wickenburg, moving north at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Aguila.

This includes US Highway 60 between mile markers 81 and 97.
 
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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 11294 3383 11320 3400 11325 3400 11294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 177DEG 26KT 3392 11308 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 5:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa40 min
Oct 5, 5:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Pinal41 min
Oct 5, 5:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila51 min
Oct 5, 5:46 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila44 min
Oct 5, 6:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa45 min
Oct 5, 6:25 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRGila110 min
Oct 5, 6:40 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR35 min
Oct 5, 7:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz43 min
Oct 5, 7:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa37 min
Oct 5, 7:50 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Oct 5, 8:16 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Oct 5, 8:23 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRGila10 hr
Oct 6, 7:43 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRGila14 hr

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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.