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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Tucson, AZ

October 5, 2010Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2010, 12:48 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2010, 12:48 PM MST (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2010, 1:15 PM MST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 5, 11:52 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2010-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2010-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 1:46 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal59 min
Oct 5, 9:35 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC40 min
Oct 5, 9:44 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Oct 5, 10:33 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC27 min
Oct 5, 11:22 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC23 min
Oct 5, 11:29 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Oct 5, 11:39 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima30 min
Oct 5, 12:27 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima33 min
Oct 5, 2:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima36 min
Oct 5, 3:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal37 min
Oct 5, 3:42 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima33 min
Oct 5, 3:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.