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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 8, 2021Gila County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2021, 3:19 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2021, 3:19 PM MST (22:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2021, 4:00 PM MST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Gila County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 8, 2:27 PM MST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:27 PM MST, 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:19 PM MST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
319 PM MST Thu Jul 8 2021

AZZ563-082300-
Southeast Gila County AZ-
319 PM MST Thu Jul 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GILA COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MST...

At 319 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southwest of Carrizo, or 35 miles southwest of Show Low, moving
southwest at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Gila County.
This includes US Highway 60 between mile markers 272 and 298.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

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LAT...LON 3355 11053 3371 11074 3379 11068 3385 11056
      3382 11050 3383 11044 3383 11033 3380 11030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 050DEG 15KT 3383 11043

SDB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 11:31 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	8 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.