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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2006, 5:15 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2006, 5:15 PM MST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2006, 6:15 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 300017 SVRTWC AZC021-300115- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0021.060630T0015Z-060630T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 515 PM MST THU JUN 29 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 615 PM MST * AT 510 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF RED ROCK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ORO VALLEY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SO...WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND BLOWING DUST. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. LAT...LON 3274 11090 3280 11128 3252 11135 3252 11095 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KTWC 300049 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 548 PM MST THU JUN 29 2006 AZC021-300115- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060630T0115Z/ PINAL AZ- 548 PM MST THU JUN 29 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY... AT 540 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF RED ROCK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORO VALLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND BLOWING DUST. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. LAT...LON 3274 11090 3280 11128 3252 11135 3252 11095 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WWUS55 KTWC 300113 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 610 PM MST THU JUN 29 2006 AZC021-300120- /O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060630T0115Z/ PINAL AZ- 610 PM MST THU JUN 29 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM MST... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM MST. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS NEAR THE TORTOLITA MOUNTAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. LAT...LON 3274 11090 3280 11128 3252 11135 3252 11095 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pinal | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 5:11 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | 74 min | |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 6:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 6:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 8:19 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.