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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 4, 2003Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2003, 3:20 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 4, 2003, 3:20 PM MST (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 3:45 PM MST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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.

158 
WUUS55 KTWC 042220
SVRTWC
AZC003-042245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
320 PM MST WED JUN 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN ARIZONA

* UNTIL 345 PM MST

* AT 309 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 
  10 MILES SOUTH OF ST. DAVID...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND 
STRONG CROSS WINDS.

LAT...LON 3181 11030 3174 11020 3183 11008 3191 11019

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.