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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 30, 2011Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2011, 3:30 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2011, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2011, 3:59 PM MST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2011-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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.

424 
WUUS55 KTWC 302230
SVRTWC
AZC003-023-302315-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0007.110630T2230Z-110630T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
330 PM MST THU JUN 30 2011

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...
  EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 415 PM MST

* AT 320 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SIERRA VISTA...AND ANOTHER WAS NEAR PARKER CANYON LAKE...BOTH 
  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS WARNING IS AN EXTENSION AND EXPANSION
  OF THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR THIS AREA.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE...NICKSVILLE AND CHARLESTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3136 11024 3136 11060 3175 11043 3166 11009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 284DEG 2KT 3154 11032

$$

MEYER
1 follow-up statement
149 
WWUS55 KTWC 302259
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
359 PM MST THU JUN 30 2011

AZC003-023-302308-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110630T2315Z/
COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ-
359 PM MST THU JUN 30 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ AND
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 355 PM MST THE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY HAD 
DIMINISHED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THE WARNING WAS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3136 11024 3136 11060 3175 11043 3166 11009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 284DEG 2KT 3154 11030

$$

MEYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham45 min
Jun 29, 5:16 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise3 hr
Jun 29, 5:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise50 min
Jun 29, 6:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise47 min
Jun 29, 6:58 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise3 hr
Jun 29, 11:34 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise86 min
Jun 30, 2:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Santa Cruz38 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM MSTHeat AdvisoryTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz28 hr
Jun 30, 3:00 PM MSTHeat AdvisoryTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz52 hr
Jun 30, 3:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz22 min
Jun 30, 3:37 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Santa Cruz84 min

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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.