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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 9, 2022La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2022, 12:08 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 52 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: Aug 9, 2022, 12:08 PM MST (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2022, 1:00 PM MST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County La Paz County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3301 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: 82 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 Aug 9, 4:46 AM MST, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 4:46 AM MST, 7 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:08 PM MST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1208 PM MST Tue Aug 9 2022

AZZ530-531-533-092000-
Kofa AZ-Parker Valley AZ-Central La Paz AZ-
1208 PM MST Tue Aug 9 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central La Paz and
north central Yuma Counties through 100 PM MST...

At 1208 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kofa Wildlife Refuge, or 41 miles northeast of Martinez Lake, moving
north at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Quartzsite and Kofa Wildlife Refuge.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 8 and 35.
US Highway 60 between mile markers 31 and 35.
AZ Route 95 between mile markers 81 and 130.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 3334 11390 3331 11437 3371 11442 3400 11435
      3396 11413 3365 11393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 175DEG 6KT 3347 11406

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

INS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 5:36 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Yuma	39 min
Aug 8, 5:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Aug 8, 6:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	41 min
Aug 8, 6:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	44 min
Aug 8, 7:04 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Yuma	3 hr
Aug 8, 7:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	29 min
Aug 8, 7:50 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	85 min
Aug 9, 12:21 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Aug 9, 12:33 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	3 hr
Aug 9, 12:45 AM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	45 min
Aug 9, 1:06 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Aug 9, 1:50 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	40 min
Aug 9, 1:56 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 9, 2:18 AM MST	Flood Watch	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	23 hr
Aug 9, 2:33 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 9, 12:46 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	44 min
Aug 9, 1:16 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz	4 hr
Aug 9, 1:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	45 min
Aug 9, 2:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		51 min
Aug 9, 3:45 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		45 min
Aug 8, 5:59 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	46 min
Aug 8, 6:08 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Imperial	4 hr
Aug 8, 6:23 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Imperial	67 min
Aug 8, 6:49 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Imperial, Riverside	56 min
Aug 8, 6:53 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	37 min
Aug 8, 7:12 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Imperial	3 hr
Aug 8, 8:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	47 min
Aug 8, 8:16 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial	119 min
Aug 8, 8:30 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Imperial	4 hr
Aug 8, 9:34 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	Imperial	3 hr
Aug 9, 4:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	43 min
Aug 9, 4:59 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Imperial	46 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.