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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 13, 2021La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 10:24 PM MST for La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 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 13, 2021, 10:24 PM MST (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 11:00 PM MST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 13, 6:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1603 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 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

736 
WUUS55 KPSR 140524
SVRPSR
AZC012-013-140600-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0066.210814T0524Z-210814T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1024 PM MST Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern La Paz County in west central Arizona...
  Maricopa County in south central Arizona...

* Until 1100 PM MST.

* At 1023 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 18 miles east of Alamo Lake State Park to near
  Aguila to 9 miles east of Gladden to 18 miles north of Tonopah,
  moving southwest at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Alamo Lake State Park, Salome, Aguila, Vicksburg Junction, Wenden,
  Vicksburg, Gladden and Harcuvar.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 44 and 78.
US Highway 60 between mile markers 41 and 97.
AZ Route 72 between mile markers 39 and 49.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3401 11333 3400 11301 3396 11295 3373 11285
      3339 11350 3359 11377 3371 11386 3413 11388
      3423 11379 3421 11367 3423 11361 3431 11353
      3429 11336 3432 11334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 062DEG 39KT 3427 11324 3399 11322 3387 11314
3377 11299

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 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
Aug 13, 5:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal46 min
Aug 13, 5:57 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal48 min
Aug 13, 8:34 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR41 min
Aug 13, 8:58 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR47 min
Aug 13, 9:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa42 min
Aug 13, 9:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa41 min
Aug 13, 9:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa52 min
Aug 13, 9:49 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa4 hr
Aug 13, 9:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa51 min
Aug 13, 9:56 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Aug 13, 9:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal47 min
Aug 13, 10:02 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa58 min
Aug 13, 10:05 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal40 min
Aug 13, 10:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa49 min
Aug 13, 10:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal44 min
Aug 13, 10:19 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa5 hr
Aug 13, 10:31 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa4 hr
Aug 13, 10:39 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Aug 13, 10:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal46 min
Aug 13, 10:58 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa5 hr
Aug 13, 11:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma44 min
Aug 13, 11:05 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma55 min
Aug 13, 11:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa49 min
Aug 13, 11:14 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal5 hr
Aug 13, 11:25 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal65 min
Aug 13, 11:31 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Pinal5 hr
Aug 13, 11:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila44 min
Aug 13, 11:32 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa58 min
Aug 13, 11:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma47 min
Aug 13, 11:49 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz41 min
Aug 13, 11:51 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz4 hr
Aug 14, 12:03 AM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma57 min
Aug 14, 12:15 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila45 min
Aug 14, 12:32 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma43 min
Aug 14, 12:33 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Pinal4 hr
Aug 14, 12:35 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa40 min
Aug 14, 12:53 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Aug 14, 1:03 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Yuma57 min
Aug 14, 1:04 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma4 hr
Aug 14, 1:20 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa40 min
Aug 14, 1:37 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma38 min
Aug 14, 1:54 AM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma51 min
Aug 14, 2:26 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma49 min
Aug 14, 3:35 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa6 hr
Aug 14, 3:44 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa11 hr
Aug 14, 12:17 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa6 hr
Aug 14, 1:19 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRPinal4 hr
Aug 14, 2:59 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila46 min
Aug 14, 3:26 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila3 hr
Aug 14, 4:55 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila50 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.