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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 19, 2021Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2021, 1:13 AM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2021, 1:13 AM MST (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2021, 1:45 AM MST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2021-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1031 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 2021-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1031 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

007 
WWUS85 KPSR 190813
SPSPSR

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
113 AM MST Mon Jul 19 2021
 
AZZ537-538-540-544-190845-
Buckeye/Avondale AZ-Tonopah Desert AZ-Northwest Valley AZ-
North Phoenix/Glendale AZ-
113 AM MST Mon Jul 19 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARICOPA COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM
MST...

At 113 AM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Goodyear. This storm was nearly stationary.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Glendale, Surprise, Avondale, Goodyear, Buckeye, Tolleson, Cashion,
Litchfield Park, Perryville, Luke AFB and Liberty.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 113 and 132.
AZ Route 303 between mile markers 105 and 115.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3341 11226 3332 11246 3346 11268 3364 11239
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 140DEG 2KT 3344 11244 

$$

SDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 5:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila34 min
Jul 18, 5:54 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 18, 6:02 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR28 min
Jul 19, 12:41 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa49 min
Jul 19, 12:29 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR46 min
Jul 19, 1:01 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 19, 1:48 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Jul 19, 3:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz28 min
Jul 19, 3:33 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Jul 19, 3:38 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Yuma3 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.