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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2012, 2:32 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 14, 2012, 2:32 PM MST (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 3:15 PM MST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
428 WUUS55 KTWC 142132 SVRTWC AZC003-142215- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0070.120814T2132Z-120814T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 232 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOUGLAS... * UNTIL 315 PM MST * AT 224 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOUGLAS... AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BISBEE-DOUGLAS AIRPORT AND PIRTLEVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO STRIKE YOU. && LAT...LON 3134 10975 3164 10948 3161 10910 3134 10921 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 043DEG 8KT 3143 10938 $$ KD
2 follow-up statements
824 WWUS55 KTWC 142153 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 253 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 AZC003-142215- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120814T2215Z/ COCHISE AZ- 253 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 248 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF BISBEE-DOUGLAS AIRPORT...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF DOUGLAS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING DUST AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && LAT...LON 3153 10929 3134 10921 3134 10975 3164 10948 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 041DEG 14KT 3148 10951 $$ KD
291 WWUS55 KTWC 142217 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 317 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 AZC003-142225- /O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120814T2215Z/ COCHISE AZ- 317 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... HOWEVER...THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST TOWARD HEREFORD AND SIERRA VISTA AND A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 400 PM MST. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH. LAT...LON 3153 10929 3134 10921 3134 10975 3164 10948 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 041DEG 14KT 3148 10951 $$ MOLLERE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 5:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 6:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 1:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 2:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 2:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 2:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 3:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 3:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 3:32 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 88 min |
| Aug 14, 3:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 4:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 4:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 4:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 4:51 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 39 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.