Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2005, 4:45 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2005, 4:45 PM MST (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2005, 5:35 PM MST
- In force
- 50 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 5:02 PM MST | HAIL 0.75 | Sierra Vista, AZ | DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KTWC 172344 SVRTWC AZC003-180030- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0021.050717T2345Z-050718T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 445 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA * UNTIL 530 PM MST * AT 439 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIERRA VISTA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HEREFORD...RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE...NICKSVILLE AND PALOMINAS. LAT...LON 3165 11010 3161 11043 3135 11044 3133 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KTWC 172350 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 450 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 AZC003-180030- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050718T0030Z/ COCHISE AZ- 450 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY... AT 443 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED AROUND SIERRA VISTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HEREFORD...RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE...NICKSVILLE AND PALOMINAS. LAT...LON 3165 11010 3161 11043 3135 11044 3133 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WWUS55 KTWC 180014 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 511 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 AZC003-180030- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050718T0030Z/ COCHISE AZ- 511 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH PARTS OF SIERRA VISTA SOUTH TO NEAR CORONADO NATIONAL MEMORIAL. AT 500 PM MST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN SIERRA VISTA. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALOMINAS. LAT...LON 3165 11010 3161 11043 3135 11044 3133 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WWUS55 KTWC 180035 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 530 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 AZC003-180040- /O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050718T0030Z/ COCHISE AZ- 530 PM MST SUN JUL 17 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 530 PM MST... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH PARTS OF SIERRA VISTA PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL CONTINUED TO TRACK SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL HAD DIMINISHED...BUT FLASH FLOODING AND PEA SIZE HAIL WERE LIKELY THROUGH ABOUT 6 PM MST. THEREFORE...WITH THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL ENDING...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS POSTED FOR SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM MST. LAT...LON 3165 11010 3161 11043 3135 11044 3133 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 3:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Pinal | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 3:48 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 4:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.