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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2000, 3:10 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2000, 3:10 PM MST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2000, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pima County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:10 PM MST | Hail 1 | Tucson, AZ | |
| Sep 10, 3:13 PM MST | Hail 0.75 | Tucson, AZ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2065 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KTWC 102211 SVRTUS AZC019-102300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 310 PM MST SUN SEP 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUCSON * UNTIL 400 PM MST * AT 300 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE WEST SIDE OF TUCSON MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL NEAR ONE INCH. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATNIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TUCSON. LAT...LON 3250 11130 3205 11128 3200 11050 3252 11052
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 4:34 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.