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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 11, 2003Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2003, 3:24 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 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 11, 2003, 3:24 PM MST (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2003, 4:00 PM MST
In force
36 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2003-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 792 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 2003-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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.

404 
WUUS55 KTWC 112224
SVRTWC
AZC019-112300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
323 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM MST

* AT 320 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FRESNAL CANYON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SELLS...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHOULIC AND HIGHWAY 19 AT 345 PM MST

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

LAT...LON 3159 11157 3184 11154 3188 11186 3162 11190

PYTLAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 3:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz42 min
Jul 11, 4:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz28 min

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.