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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 14, 2002Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2002, 5:46 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2002, 5:46 PM MST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2002, 6:15 PM MST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 3:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1020 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

745 
WUUS55 KTWC 150046
SVRTWC
AZC019-150115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
545 PM MST SUN JUL 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA

* UNTIL 615 PM MST

* AT 540 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF PAPAGO FARMS...OR ABOUT
  21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELLS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED. GO INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3182 11257 3164 11201 3175 11192 3202 11246

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham28 min
Jul 14, 7:56 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal64 min
Jul 14, 7:57 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal2 hr
Jul 15, 2:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.