2 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 Jun 30, 2:55 PM MST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-010600- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 255 PM MST FRI JUN 30 2006 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND DESERT DUST STORMS MAINLY IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTHEAST AND EAST OF PHOENIX. && .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY A CLOSE TO THE SAME AT MID AFTERNOON TODAY COMPARED WITH THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WERE GENERALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER COMPARED WITH YESTERDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY WELL DEFINED CENTER...BUT IN GENERAL SEEMS TO BE CENTERED TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA. THIS KEEPS OUR AREA UNDER A FLOW ALOFT FROM THE EAST WHICH IS NORMALLY FAVORABLE FOR KEEPING MOISTURE OVER OUR AREA. HOWEVER...SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER OUR AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TEMPORARILY REDUCING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MEANWHILE...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA FROM THE EAST WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTH PORTION OF OUR AREA BY THIS EVENING. THUS...WILL PROBABLY BOOST THE PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UP FROM THE EAST THROUGH THE SOUTH THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST OF PHOENIX THIS EVENING. AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE IS EXPECTED MONDAY FOR AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. && .LONG TERM... MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... AT THIS TIME OF YEAR...THE EXTENDED FORECAST BECOMES MORE QUESTIONABLE. IT LOOKS AS IF SOME MOISTURE WILL SPREAD WEST. SO HAVE SO...HAVE KEPT THE SAME GENERAL FORECAST AS PREVIOUS SHIFT WHICH... COMPARED WITH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST...HAS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. && .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 ELLIS
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:51 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles downed by high winds which reached as high as 59 mph at Falcon Field. About 16,000 homes were without power at the height of the storm. Dense blowing dust, with zero visibility was reported on the Superstition Freeway.
Several power poles brought down by high winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, June 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5518701, 5518702.