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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 15, 1993Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1993, 1:55 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1993, 1:55 PM MST (20:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1993, 3:00 PM MST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1993-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1993-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 152056
SVRTUS
AZC023-003-152200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
155 PM MST TUE JUN 15 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
 
   ...WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY
 
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT FORT
HUACHUCA.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROT^ECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.
 
 
BARTOLOME

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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.