Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 8:15 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 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 9, 2021, 8:15 PM MST (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Gila County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
119
WUUS55 KPSR 100315
SVRPSR
AZC007-100400-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0007.210710T0315Z-210710T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
815 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Gila County in east central Arizona...
* Until 900 PM MST.
* At 815 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
of San Carlos, or 26 miles east of Globe, moving southwest at 15
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
San Carlos, Cutter, Hilltop, Sawmill and San Carlos Reservoir.
* This includes the following highways...
US Highway 60 between mile markers 258 and 267.
AZ Route 70 between mile markers 259 and 271.
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 3344 11032 3342 11035 3340 11035 3340 11041
3338 11045 3329 11046 3320 11040 3317 11056
3355 11077 3366 11039 3344 11025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 065DEG 13KT 3340 11033
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SDB1 follow-up statement
353
WWUS55 KPSR 100337
SVSPSR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
837 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021
AZC007-100400-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210710T0400Z/
Gila AZ-
837 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MST
FOR GILA COUNTY...
At 836 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near San Carlos to 10 miles west of Hilltop, moving
west at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
San Carlos, Cutter and San Carlos Reservoir.
This includes the following highways...
US Highway 60 between mile markers 258 and 267.
AZ Route 70 between mile markers 259 and 271.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 11041 3338 11045 3329 11046 3320 11040
3317 11056 3355 11077 3364 11045 3342 11035
3340 11035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 077DEG 16KT 3328 11046 3358 11059
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SDBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:36 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:36 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 6:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 52 min | |
| Jul 9, 7:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 30 min | |
| Jul 9, 8:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 9:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 9:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Pinal | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 9:54 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 10:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 10:21 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 10:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 10:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 10:52 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:12 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 11:15 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 11:19 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 11:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 11:31 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 11:33 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:02 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 1:57 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 9 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:27 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 3:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 45 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.