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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 10, 1995Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1995, 1:29 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 46 min.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 1995, 1:29 PM MST (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1995, 2:15 PM MST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Cochise County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1995-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 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 1995-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 102030 RRA
SVRTUS
AZC003-102115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
129 PM MST SUN SEP 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY
 
AT 128 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISBEE IN COCHISE COUNTY. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
THE BISBEE AREA INCLUDING ARIZONA HIGHWAY 92.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 57
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...D0EADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
TOWLE/SALTER

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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.