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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 29, 2021Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 1:42 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 29, 2021, 1:42 PM MST (20:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 2:30 PM MST
In force
48 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), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WUUS55 KPSR 292042
SVRPSR
AZC013-292130-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0038.210729T2042Z-210729T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
142 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

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

* Until 230 PM MST.

* At 142 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
  of Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, or 10 miles south of Gila Bend,
  moving west at 5 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...
  Gila Bend, Gila Bend Auxiliary Field and Bosque. 

* This includes the following highways...
  AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 107 and 131.
  AZ Route 238 between mile markers 1 and 5.
  AZ Route 85 between mile markers 1 and 12, and between mile markers
  119 and 124.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3290 11247 3269 11259 3282 11288 3295 11290
      3303 11272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 112DEG 6KT 3280 11263 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JS
2 follow-up statements
319 
WWUS55 KPSR 292053
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
153 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

AZC013-292130-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210729T2130Z/
Maricopa AZ-
153 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MST
FOR MARICOPA COUNTY...

At 153 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Gila Bend Auxiliary Field, or 10 miles south of Gila Bend, moving
west at 5 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...
Gila Bend, Gila Bend Auxiliary Field and Bosque. 

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 107 and 131.
AZ Route 238 between mile markers 1 and 5.
AZ Route 85 between mile markers 1 and 12, and between mile markers
119 and 124.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3290 11247 3269 11259 3282 11288 3295 11290
      3303 11272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 112DEG 6KT 3281 11265 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JS
415 
WWUS55 KPSR 292124
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
224 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

AZC013-292130-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210729T2130Z/
Maricopa AZ-
224 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MST
FOR MARICOPA COUNTY...

At 224 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gila Bend
Auxiliary Field, or 8 miles south of Gila Bend, moving west at 5 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...
Gila Bend, Gila Bend Auxiliary Field and Bosque. 

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 107 and 131.
AZ Route 238 between mile markers 1 and 5.
AZ Route 85 between mile markers 1 and 12, and between mile markers
119 and 124.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3290 11247 3269 11259 3282 11288 3295 11290
      3303 11272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 112DEG 6KT 3283 11271 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 12:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa49 min
Jul 29, 1:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR46 min
Jul 29, 1:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma38 min
Jul 29, 1:24 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila51 min
Jul 29, 1:26 PM MSTFlash Flood WatchPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma40 hr
Jul 29, 1:33 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila42 min
Jul 29, 1:35 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa22 min
Jul 29, 1:36 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila6 hr
Jul 29, 1:57 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 29, 1:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Pinal47 min
Jul 29, 2:07 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR53 min
Jul 29, 2:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma49 min
Jul 29, 2:25 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Maricopa3 hr
Jul 29, 2:32 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma43 min
Jul 29, 2:35 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 29, 2:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila46 min
Jul 29, 3:00 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 29, 3:04 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz41 min
Jul 29, 3:17 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatPSRGila3 hr
Jul 29, 3:19 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma41 min
Jul 29, 3:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila52 min
Jul 29, 3:53 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma3 hr
Jul 29, 3:56 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 29, 3:59 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR61 min
Jul 29, 4:00 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Jul 29, 4:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz58 min
Jul 29, 4:18 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Jul 29, 4:40 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Jul 29, 4:42 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma3 hr
Jul 29, 4:48 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR57 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.