1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 10:05 AM MST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-062245- SOUTHWEST ARIZONA/SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1005 AM MST FRI JUL 6 2001 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE BAJA PENNISULA WILL ENHANCE A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOIST AIR ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDER STORMS...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. THE BAJA CALIFORNIA LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FOREACAST TO WEAKEN TONIGHT AS IT MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA...SPREADING DRIER AIR INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG MONSOON FLOW ALOFT FROM MEXICO WILL BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STATEWIDE. .DISCUSSION... MID LEVEL VORT MAX INITIALIZED BY ALL MODELS DOWN INVOF KOLS AT 12Z EXPECTED TO MOVE NWWD TODAY. STRONG MID LEVEL DRYING NOTED ON VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY TO REAR OF THIS FEATURE PROBABLY ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH SOME SUBSIDENCE. SO...AREAS TO S OF CURRENT CLOUD BAND LIKELY TO SEE A DOWNER CONVECTIVE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF NO REAL LARGE SCALE TRIGGER. MEANWHILE...FURTHER TO N IN CWFA...SOME UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE SERVING TO ALLOW WHAT STORMS THAT DO FORM TO GET PRETTY TALL...AT TIMES PEAKING AT AROUND 50K. RADAR ESTIMATED STORM TOTALS OF OVER 2 INCHES IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS...AND WITH SOME TRAINING...WE DECIDED TO GO WITH SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR WRN MARICOPA COUNTY W OF PHX UNTIL 11 AM. THIS STILL LOOKING GOOD... THOUGH IF ACTION CONTINUES WILL HAVE TO EXTEND THIS ADVISORY BOTH IN TEMPORAL AND AREAL COVERAGE. ZONES OVERALL IN OKAY SHAPE...THOUGH WILL HAVE TO UPDATE FOR FIRST PERIOD TRENDS. MEANWHILE...TOMORROW STILL LOOKS LIKE A DOWNER DAY WITH DRIER MID LEVEL AIR AND NO GOOD TRIGGERING MECHANISM. THIS CURRENTLY IN FORECASTS. ESTLE
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds blew down 16 power poles in Blythe and caused severe damage to a mobile home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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