Alert archive / Arizona / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 6:21 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2021, 6:21 PM MST (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2021, 6:45 PM MST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County La Paz County, AZ
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
410 WWUS85 KPSR 270121 SPSPSR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 621 PM MST Mon Jul 26 2021 AZZ533-270145- Central La Paz AZ- 621 PM MST Mon Jul 26 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM MST... At 621 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Brenda, or 41 miles southeast of Parker. This storm was nearly stationary. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Vicksburg, Brenda and Vicksburg Junction. This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 34 and 48. US Highway 60 between mile markers 34 and 48. AZ Route 72 between mile markers 44 and 48. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3359 11372 3355 11391 3373 11401 3378 11372 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 169DEG 3KT 3365 11383 $$ INS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 6:57 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 28 min | |
| Jul 26, 9:24 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:44 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 2 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.