Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 11:00 AM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 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 24, 2012, 11:00 AM MST (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 11:45 AM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
081 WUUS55 KTWC 241800 SVRTWC AZC003-241845- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0035.120724T1800Z-120724T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1100 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 1145 AM MST * AT 1054 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF BENSON NEAR KARTCHNER CAVERNS...WITH ANOTHER STORM NEAR FORT HUACHUCA JUST NORTH OF SIERRA VISTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. && LAT...LON 3207 11029 3167 11004 3154 11044 3180 11044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 227DEG 7KT 3181 11033 $$ MEYER
3 follow-up statements
817 WWUS55 KTWC 241816 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1116 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 AZC003-241845- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120724T1845Z/ COCHISE AZ- 1116 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 1115 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK AND BENSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3207 11029 3167 11004 3154 11044 3180 11044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 223DEG 8KT 3189 11030 $$ MEYER
493 WWUS55 KTWC 241832 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1132 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 AZC003-241845- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120724T1845Z/ COCHISE AZ- 1132 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 1130 AM MST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 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 3207 11029 3167 11004 3154 11044 3180 11044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 223DEG 8KT 3196 11027 $$ MEYER
874 WWUS55 KTWC 241846 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1146 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 AZC003-241855- /O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120724T1845Z/ COCHISE AZ- 1146 AM MST TUE JUL 24 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 1145 AM MST THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BENSON HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. LAT...LON 3207 11029 3167 11004 3154 11044 3180 11044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 223DEG 8KT 3196 11027 $$ MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 5:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 40 min | |
| Jul 23, 5:35 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 85 min |
| Jul 23, 5:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 80 min |
| Jul 23, 6:04 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 41 min | |
| Jul 23, 6:24 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 81 min |
| Jul 23, 8:03 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 87 min |
| Jul 24, 10:57 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 11:09 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 11:44 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 12:19 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 41 min | |
| Jul 24, 12:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 1:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 2:10 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 110 min |
| Jul 24, 2:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.