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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 7, 2005Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2005, 7:27 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 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 7, 2005, 7:27 PM MST (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2005, 8:00 PM MST
In force
33 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 2005-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 2005-07-08The 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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.

000 
WUUS55 KTWC 080228
SVRTWC
AZC019-080300-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0013.050708T0227Z-050708T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
727 PM MST THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
    THIS INCLUDES SOUTHEAST TUCSON

* UNTIL 800 PM MST

* AT 725 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS  
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR 
  FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST BY 745 PM MST

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND BLOWING DUST...FOLLOWED 
BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY 
AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.

LAT...LON 3219 11091 3204 11091 3204 11061 3222 11062

$$

PYTLAK

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KTWC 080240
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
740 PM MST THU JUL 7 2005

AZC019-080300-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050708T0300Z/
PIMA AZ-
740 PM MST THU JUL 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR EAST 
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING SOUTHEAST TUCSON...

AT 740 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST BY 750 PM MST

A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A WIND GUST AROUND 50 MPH AT NEAR KOLB 
AND VALENCIA ROADS JUST AFTER 730 PM. PEOPLE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE 
OF TUCSON...ESPECIALLY NEAR SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST...SHOULD BE 
PREPARED FOR WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND BLOWING DUST...FOLLOWED BY 
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 3219 11091 3204 11091 3204 11061 3222 11062

$$

PYTLAK

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 
WWUS55 KTWC 080258
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
757 PM MST THU JUL 7 2005

AZC019-080307-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050708T0300Z/
PIMA AZ-
757 PM MST THU JUL 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY 
EXPIRES AT 800 PM MST...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST TUCSON 
WEAKENED RAPIDLY AFTER 745 PM. HOWEVER...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 
MPH...BLOWING DUST...AND LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM 
AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE RINCON MOUNTAINS.

LAT...LON 3219 11091 3204 11091 3204 11061 3222 11062

$$
PYTLAK

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.