July 18, 2006 Storm Statistics
Readings From Weather Bus.com:
Storm Total: Trace
Peak Wind Gust: SW 31mph
Total Lightning: 79,090
Comments:
While this particular storm did not give us much in the way of rainfall, only a trace amount, the area did see a very large dust storm. At times during the storm, at our location, the visibility dropped below 500 feet. This dust storm was generated by a severe thunderstorm which created a downburst near Williams Gateway Airport. The peak wind gust at Williams Gateway was 86mph, with reports of planes flipped over. As a result of the low visibility and other reports, we will rate this storm in the Significant category. Even though the storm was in the Severe category southwest of the area, we are not rating it Severe because at our location we did not meet any of the Severe Thunderstorm criteria.
Here are the Preliminary Storm Reports:
Below, you will find the radar image taken during the server thunderstorm which produced the dust storm and the IR satellite image showing the size of the storm complex that developed.
Storm Pictures Taken on July 18, 2006: (Click Pictures To Enlarge)
Storm Total: Trace
Peak Wind Gust: SW 31mph
Total Lightning: 79,090
Comments:
While this particular storm did not give us much in the way of rainfall, only a trace amount, the area did see a very large dust storm. At times during the storm, at our location, the visibility dropped below 500 feet. This dust storm was generated by a severe thunderstorm which created a downburst near Williams Gateway Airport. The peak wind gust at Williams Gateway was 86mph, with reports of planes flipped over. As a result of the low visibility and other reports, we will rate this storm in the Significant category. Even though the storm was in the Severe category southwest of the area, we are not rating it Severe because at our location we did not meet any of the Severe Thunderstorm criteria.
Here are the Preliminary Storm Reports:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
621 PM MST TUE JUL 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM DUST STORM CASA GRANDE 32.89N 111.74W
07/18/2006 PINAL AZ TRAINED SPOTTER
VSBY NEAR ZERO
0535 PM TSTM WND GST MESA 33.42N 111.74W
07/18/2006 M86 MPH MARICOPA AZ AWOS
DOWNBURST. WILLIAM GATEWAY AIRPORT. PLANES FLIPPED OVER.
0552 PM DUST STORM 5 E APACHE JUNCTION 33.40N 111.46W
07/18/2006 PINAL AZ TRAINED SPOTTER
VSBY UNDER 500 FEET
0555 PM DUST STORM MESA 33.42N 111.74W
07/18/2006 MARICOPA AZ TRAINED SPOTTER
VSBY LESS THAN 1/8 MILE. LINDSEY/VAL VISTA AND
UNIVERSITY.
0646 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 SW MARICOPA 32.96N 112.17W
07/18/2006 PINAL AZ AMATEUR RADIO
POWER LINES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE. HIDDEN VALLEY
During the day of this storm we recorded 79,090 lightning strokes with 4,161 of them being within 50 miles of our location. Also, during the peak of the storm the high strike rate per minute was 403.
Below, you will find the radar image taken during the server thunderstorm which produced the dust storm and the IR satellite image showing the size of the storm complex that developed.
Storm Pictures Taken on July 18, 2006: (Click Pictures To Enlarge)
Radar Loop From 5:15pm to 5:47pm
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Taken on July 18, 2006 @ 5:30pm
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