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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 16, 2022Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2022, 5:36 PM MST for Maricopa County, Pinal 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2022, 5:36 PM MST (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2022, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 5:28 PM MST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:28 PM MST, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:11 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
311 PM MST Sat Jul 16 2022

AZZ560-562-563-162300-
Southeast Gila County AZ-San Carlos AZ-Globe/Miami AZ-
311 PM MST Sat Jul 16 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Gila County through
400 PM MST...

At 311 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southwest of Hilltop, or 14 miles northeast of Globe, moving
west at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Gila County.

This includes US Highway 60 between mile markers 255 and 277.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 11049 3342 11081 3367 11082 3364 11054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 079DEG 9KT 3354 11061

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:11 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:28 PM MST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:53 PM MST, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:15 PM MST, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:27 PM MST, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 5:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		48 min
Jul 16, 5:55 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	35 min
Jul 16, 6:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Jul 16, 6:20 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	40 min
Jul 16, 7:45 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	30 min
Jul 16, 7:47 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	43 min
Jul 16, 8:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	44 min
Jul 16, 8:23 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	52 min
Jul 16, 8:32 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	43 min
Jul 16, 9:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		51 min
Jul 16, 9:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	47 min
Jul 16, 9:50 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	44 min
Jul 16, 10:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	47 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.