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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 10, 2026La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2026, 9:53 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 10, 2026, 9:53 PM MST (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2026, 10:30 PM MST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County La Paz County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 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 Aug 10, 6:23 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:23 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:44 PM MST, 4 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
544 PM MST Mon Aug 10 2026

AZZ533-110115-
Central La Paz AZ-
544 PM MST Mon Aug 10 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY THROUGH
615 PM MST...

At 544 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brenda, or 35 miles southeast of Parker, moving northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Quartzsite and Brenda.

This includes the following highways...
AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 22 and 37.
US Highway 60 between mile markers 31 and 36.
AZ Route 95 between mile markers 112 and 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3358 11386 3352 11399 3373 11426 3385 11404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 137DEG 10KT 3366 11403

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

RW

Local storm report, Aug 10, 7:03 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 7:50 PM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:21 PM MST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:08 PM MST, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:43 PM MST, 10 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
Aug 10, 5:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	26 min
Aug 10, 5:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	31 min
Aug 10, 6:02 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	43 min
Aug 10, 6:36 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PSR	La Paz	4 hr
Aug 10, 7:03 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	27 min
Aug 10, 7:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	49 min
Aug 10, 7:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	40 min
Aug 10, 7:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Aug 10, 7:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	49 min
Aug 10, 8:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Yuma	41 min
Aug 10, 9:08 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		52 min
Aug 10, 9:13 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	47 min
Aug 10, 9:28 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	62 min
Aug 10, 9:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	32 min
Aug 10, 9:55 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	50 min
Aug 10, 10:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	35 min
Aug 10, 10:17 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	28 min
Aug 10, 10:26 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	64 min
Aug 10, 10:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	32 min
Aug 10, 11:51 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Aug 11, 12:18 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	2 hr
Aug 11, 12:52 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	38 min
Aug 11, 1:19 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	26 min
Aug 11, 1:37 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	38 min
Aug 11, 1:54 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	36 min
Aug 11, 2:00 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Aug 11, 2:09 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 11, 2:20 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Aug 11, 2:30 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 11, 2:51 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Aug 11, 2:58 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 11, 3:05 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	40 min
Aug 11, 3:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		44 min
Aug 11, 4:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		49 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial	3 hr
Aug 11, 3:25 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Riverside, San Bernardino	50 min
Aug 11, 4:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	32 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.