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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 11, 2021Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2021, 2:17 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 11, 2021, 2:17 PM MST (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 3:00 PM MST
In force
43 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), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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

San Diego, CA (KNKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, San Diego, CA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

633 
WUUS55 KPSR 112117
SVRPSR
AZC027-112200-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0049.210811T2117Z-210811T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
217 PM MST Wed Aug 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Yuma County in southwestern Arizona...

* Until 300 PM MST.

* At 215 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
  of Somerton, moving west at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Ares of dense blowing dust and sand.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Dangerous 
           driving conditions.

* Locations impacted include...
  Somerton, San Luis, Fortuna Foothills, and southern portions of 
  Yuma. 

This includes AZ Route 195 between mile markers 5 and 26.
 
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 3237 11440 3249 11479 3260 11472 3265 11463
      3267 11441 3255 11423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 080DEG 7KT 3250 11459 

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

$$

AJ
1 follow-up statement
463 
WWUS55 KPSR 112146
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
246 PM MST Wed Aug 11 2021

AZC027-112200-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210811T2200Z/
Yuma AZ-
246 PM MST Wed Aug 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MST
FOR WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY...

At 245 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near San Luis, or 7
miles south of Somerton, moving west at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Ares of dense blowing dust and sand.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Dangerous 
         driving conditions.

Locations impacted include...
Yuma, Somerton, Fortuna Foothills and San Luis. 

This includes AZ Route 195 between mile markers 5 and 26.
 
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 3237 11440 3249 11479 3260 11472 3265 11463
      3267 11441 3255 11423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 080DEG 7KT 3249 11466 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 5:23 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 10, 5:35 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR40 min
Aug 10, 5:51 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Aug 10, 5:55 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz50 min
Aug 10, 6:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma45 min
Aug 10, 6:36 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Maricopa4 hr
Aug 10, 7:15 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma60 min
Aug 10, 7:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma49 min
Aug 10, 7:33 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Yuma4 hr
Aug 10, 7:43 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal, Yuma62 min
Aug 10, 8:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma57 min
Aug 10, 8:38 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma52 min
Aug 10, 9:08 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Yuma6 hr
Aug 10, 9:12 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Yuma6 hr
Aug 10, 9:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma97 min
Aug 10, 9:42 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRYuma93 min
Aug 10, 10:35 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma6 hr
Aug 11, 12:01 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Yuma5 hr
Aug 11, 2:00 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila3 hr
Aug 11, 3:29 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 4:33 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 11, 6:06 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 6:11 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 11, 6:15 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Maricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 7:30 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa6 hr
Aug 11, 7:46 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 11, 8:12 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Pinal6 hr
Aug 11, 9:13 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 1:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma59 min
Aug 11, 1:29 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa6 hr
Aug 11, 1:43 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRGila4 hr
Aug 11, 1:49 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma3 hr
Aug 11, 2:01 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRYuma59 min
Aug 11, 3:02 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRYuma4 hr
Aug 11, 3:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR64 min
Aug 11, 3:29 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa46 min
Aug 11, 3:34 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR56 min
Aug 11, 3:44 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 3:47 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa14 min
Aug 11, 3:50 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 4:01 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 4:33 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 11, 4:44 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal61 min
Aug 11, 4:56 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa3 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.