Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2012, 6:04 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 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 15, 2012, 6:04 PM MST (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 6:45 PM MST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739 WUUS55 KTWC 160104 SVRTWC AZC003-023-160145- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0080.120816T0104Z-120816T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 604 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 645 PM MST * AT 600 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 7 MILES WEST OF HUACHUCA CITY... OR 10 MILES WEST OF SIERRA VISTA...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANELO...ELGIN AND SONOITA. 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 3151 11074 3173 11074 3173 11033 3151 11034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 103DEG 8KT 3160 11047 $$ MOLLERE
2 follow-up statements
619 WWUS55 KTWC 160122 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 622 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 AZC003-023-160145- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120816T0145Z/ COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 622 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 618 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELGIN...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. LAT...LON 3151 11074 3173 11074 3173 11033 3151 11034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 103DEG 8KT 3161 11052 $$ MOLLERE
945 WWUS55 KTWC 160142 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 642 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 AZC003-023-160151- /O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120816T0145Z/ COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 642 PM MST WED AUG 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM MST... THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3151 11074 3173 11074 3173 11033 3151 11034 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 103DEG 8KT 3162 11057 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 5:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 43 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 5:51 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 6:14 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 7:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 7:25 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 7:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 7:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 114 min |
| Aug 15, 8:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 8:05 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 8:53 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 97 min |
| Aug 15, 9:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 31 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:54 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
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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.