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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 9, 2021Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 9:39 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2021, 9:39 PM MST (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 10:15 PM MST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 9:57 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG7 Nw Florence Junction, AZ***DELAYED REPORT***28 DISTRIBUTION POLES DOWN ALONG US HWY 60 AT MP 206. PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-65 MPH FROM 9:57-10:04 P.M. PER TPHX RADAR.
Jul 9, 10:10 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG9 Se Queen Creek, AZ***DELAYED REPORT***...NUMEROUS LARGE TREES 1-2 FEET IN DIAMETER UPROOTED NEAR AMIRA PARK AND IN JOHNSON RANCH. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH WITH TIMING BASED ON RADAR.
Jul 9, 10:14 PM MSTTSTM WND GST 6511 Ese Queen Creek, AZPEAK GUST AT SRP MESONET STATION QUAIL.
Jul 9, 10:15 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Queen Creek, AZ***DELAYED REPORT*** SWAMP COOLERS WERE RIPPED OFF A COUPLE OF BUILDING AND BENT SOME ROLLED UP GARAGE DOORS. A FIRE SPRINKLER WAS ALSO DAMAGED IN A BUILDING CAUSING THE SPRINKLER TO GO OFF.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1011 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 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
1011 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

337 
WUUS55 KPSR 100439
SVRPSR
AZC007-013-021-100515-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0009.210710T0439Z-210710T0515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
939 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...
  Maricopa County in south central Arizona...
  Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 1015 PM MST.

* At 939 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Apache Lake to near Boyce Thompson Arboretum to
  8 miles southeast of Superior, moving southwest at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Mesa, Apache Junction, Florence, Superior, Gold Canyon, Queen
  Creek, Gold Camp, Lost Dutchman State Park, Goldfield, Magma, San
  Tan Valley, Top-Of-The-World, Florence Junction, Queen Valley and
  Superstition Mountains.

* This includes the following highways...
  US Highway 60 between mile markers 191 and 240.
  AZ Route 202 between mile markers 29 and 32.
  AZ Route 79 between mile markers 130 and 150.

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 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 3342 11095 3322 11082 3317 11090 3324 11094
      3324 11097 3300 11130 3295 11140 3310 11157
      3341 11166 3366 11113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 057DEG 29KT 3352 11124 3334 11118 3319 11103 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SDB
1 follow-up statement
022 
WWUS55 KPSR 100448
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
948 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021

AZC007-013-021-100515-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210710T0515Z/
Gila AZ-Maricopa AZ-Pinal AZ-
948 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MST
FOR GILA...MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES...

At 948 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Superstition Mountains to Queen Valley to near
Superior, moving southwest at 45 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Mesa, Apache Junction, Florence, Superior, Gold Canyon, Queen Creek,
Gold Camp, Lost Dutchman State Park, Goldfield, Magma, San Tan
Valley, Top-Of-The-World, Florence Junction, Queen Valley and
Superstition Mountains.

This includes the following highways...
US Highway 60 between mile markers 191 and 240.
AZ Route 202 between mile markers 29 and 32.
AZ Route 79 between mile markers 130 and 150.

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 11094 3322 11082 3317 11090 3323 11093
      3324 11093 3324 11097 3300 11130 3295 11140
      3310 11157 3341 11166 3366 11113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 058DEG 40KT 3343 11135 3330 11127 3321 11108 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

SDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 5:36 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila6 hr
Jul 9, 5:36 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila24 min
Jul 9, 6:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR52 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR30 min
Jul 9, 8:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila45 min
Jul 9, 8:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal47 min
Jul 9, 9:18 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 9, 9:18 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal42 min
Jul 9, 9:32 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Pinal4 hr
Jul 9, 9:54 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal51 min
Jul 9, 10:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal39 min
Jul 9, 10:21 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal54 min
Jul 9, 10:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal45 min
Jul 9, 10:32 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRPinal4 hr
Jul 9, 10:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal31 min
Jul 9, 10:52 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Jul 9, 11:12 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa63 min
Jul 9, 11:15 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal60 min
Jul 9, 11:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal26 min
Jul 9, 11:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal38 min
Jul 9, 11:31 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa44 min
Jul 9, 11:33 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Pinal4 hr
Jul 10, 1:02 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma28 min
Jul 10, 1:57 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal9 hr
Jul 10, 2:27 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila48 min
Jul 10, 3:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.