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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 30, 2021Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2021, 6:51 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2021, 6:51 PM MST (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2021, 7:29 PM MST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yuma County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2021-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 2021-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

062 
WUUS55 KPSR 310151
SVRPSR
AZC027-310300-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0042.210731T0151Z-210731T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
651 PM MST Fri Jul 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Yuma County in southwestern Arizona...

* Until 800 PM MST.

* At 651 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tacna, or 22
  miles east of Fortuna Foothills, moving northeast at 5 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wellton, Tacna, Tyson and Roll. 

* This includes AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 26 and 49.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3260 11394 3263 11424 3290 11419 3283 11371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 207DEG 5KT 3270 11403 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hirsch
1 follow-up statement
522 
WWUS55 KPSR 310229
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
729 PM MST Fri Jul 30 2021

AZC027-310238-
/O.CAN.KPSR.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210731T0300Z/
Yuma AZ-
729 PM MST Fri Jul 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has 
been cancelled. However heavy rain is still possible with this 
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3260 11394 3263 11424 3290 11419 3283 11371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 207DEG 5KT 3275 11400 

$$

Hirsch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 5:04 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRYuma41 min
Jul 30, 5:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma46 min
Jul 30, 5:39 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma3 hr
Jul 30, 5:44 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRYuma4 hr
Jul 30, 5:59 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRYuma45 min
Jul 30, 6:06 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRYuma4 hr
Jul 30, 7:06 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal24 min
Jul 30, 7:25 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRYuma3 hr
Jul 30, 7:32 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma3 hr
Jul 30, 7:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma69 min
Jul 30, 8:02 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 30, 8:29 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal72 min
Jul 30, 8:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa61 min
Jul 30, 9:17 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa2 hr
Jul 30, 9:40 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa65 min
Jul 30, 10:24 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal43 min
Jul 30, 10:37 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa23 min
Jul 30, 10:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR45 min
Jul 30, 11:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa51 min
Jul 31, 12:37 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 31, 1:34 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 31, 1:58 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal4 hr
Jul 31, 3:39 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz4 hr
Jul 31, 2:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz37 min
Jul 31, 3:03 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila27 min
Jul 31, 3:18 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz27 min
Jul 31, 3:31 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 31, 3:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz31 min
Jul 31, 3:55 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 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.