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, 3:10 PM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-070600- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 310 PM MST THU JUL 6 2006 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA...AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER TEXAS WILL PROVIDE A MOIST FLOW OVER MOST OF ARIZONA. AS WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTH IN THE FLOW...THERE WILL BE A DAILY THREAT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...DRIER AIR SLOWLY MOVES IN FROM THE WEST...KEEPING STORM ACTIVITY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX RAPIDLY FORMED OVER SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY BY NOON...ALONG WITH A LINE OF STORMS...EXTENDING NORTH FROM EAST OF MAMMOTH IN PINAL COUNTY...TO THE SALT RIVER CANYON ALONG HIGHWAY 77 NORTH OF GLOBE. ONE HOUR PRECIP ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE STRONGEST CELLS AS THEY TRAIN NORTH THROUGH THE AREA. OTHER THAN AN ISOLATED STORM THAT QUICKLY FORMED NEAR GOODYEAR AND THEN SHEARED APART...VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWS NO OTHER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA OTHER THAN SCT CU AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES MOST LOCATIONS. NOT AS MUCH CLOUD COVER OVER SE AZ AHEAD OF NEXT S/W IMPULSE MOVING NORTH INTO SONORA. ANTICIPATE THAT A 300-250 MB JET CUTTING NORTH THROUGH CNTRL AZ WILL ENHANCE THE DIVERGENT FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE...RAMPING UP ACTIVITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THE ACTIVITY INTO THE LATE EVENING OVER ERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA...INCLUDING THE FAR EAST METRO AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE CELLS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSE A CONCERN FOR RECENT BURN AREAS. MODELS STILL PLACE AN UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENT AXIS OVER ARIZONA FRIDAY...AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE BAJA PENINSULA. WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN PLACE AND A SIMILAR SSE FLOW...I WOULD ANTICIPATE SIMILAR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT/PATTERN AGAIN...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO INTRODUCE DRIER AIR ACROSS OUR WRN CWA OVER THE WEEKEND AND PUSH MOISTURE EAST...BUT AS LONG AS THE UPPER LOW PERSISTS TO OUR SW...THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR OUR ERN ZONES...MAINLY EAST OF THE PHOENIX AREA. && .LONG TERM... SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT SLOW DRYING FROM THE WEST DURING THE EXTENDED...PRIMARILY LATE IN THE EXTENDED. THUS KEPT POPS OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA HIGHER TERRAIN ALL THE WAY THROUGH BUT IN SLOWLY DECREASING NUMBERS. ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO HINT AT SLIGHTLY SLOWER DECLINE OF MOISTURE PER GFS TRENDS. WITH GRADUAL DECREASE IN MOISTURE...TEMPS REFLECT GREATER DIURNAL SPREAD. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS ADEQUATELY DEPICT EXPECTED WEATHER. SEE TAFS PHXTAFPHX...PHXTAFIWA...PHXTAFYUM...LAXTAFBLH AND LAXTAFIPL FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX MEYERS/17
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 602 AM MST THU JUL 6 2006 AZZ022-023-027-028-071315- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 602 AM MST THU JUL 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING DUST. IF A THUNDERSTORM DOES OCCUR OVER A GIVEN LOCATION...RAINFALL COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREETS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH STORMS BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR BOTH STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SOMEWHAT LESS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COMPARED TO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THEREAFTER...STORM ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ024-071315- SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS- 602 AM MST THU JUL 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF A THUNDERSTORM DOES OCCUR OVER A GIVEN LOCATION...RAINFALL COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREETS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE DECREASING TO A SLIGHT CHANCE. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THREAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SOMEWHAT LESS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COMPARED TO TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH AN EVEN LOWER LIKELIHOOD NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...STORMS WILL THEN BE MORE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-071315- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- 602 AM PDT THU JUL 6 2006 /602 AM MST THU JUL 6 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG WITH AREAS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING DUST. IF A THUNDERSTORM DOES OCCUR OVER A GIVEN LOCATION...RAINFALL COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND STREETS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Microburst winds damaged windows and doors. Camper damaged at a truck stop along Interstate 10.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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