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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2000, 3:58 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 19, 2000, 3:58 PM MST (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2000, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cochise County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:29 PM MST | Hail 0.75 | Willcox, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335 WUUS55 KTWC 192259 SVRTUS AZC003-192330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 358 PM MST MON JUN 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN ARIZONA * UNTIL 430 PM MST * AT 354 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WILLCOX...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WILLCOX AT 405 PM MST REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TUCSON. LAT...LON 3216 10990 3212 10972 3238 10961 3235 10985
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 45 min |
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.