Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2012, 5:31 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 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 19, 2012, 5:31 PM MST (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2012, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037
WUUS55 KTWC 200031
SVRTWC
AZC003-200130-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0083.120820T0031Z-120820T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
531 PM MST SUN AUG 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 630 PM MST
* AT 524 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 15 MILES EAST OF BENSON...OR 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLCOX...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-10
AND TEXAS CANYON...TOMBSTONE...WHETSTONE...MESCAL...KARTCHNER
CAVERNS STATE PARK...FAIRBANK...ST. DAVID AND SAINT DAVID.
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 3165 11001 3169 11045 3217 11044 3220 11002
3175 10992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 060DEG 10KT 3202 11008
$$
MOLLERE2 follow-up statements
959
WWUS55 KTWC 200110
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
610 PM MST SUN AUG 19 2012
AZC003-200130-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120820T0130Z/
COCHISE AZ-
610 PM MST SUN AUG 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST
FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...
AT 606 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST.
DAVID...OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLCOX...MOVING WEST AT 10
MPH.
LAT...LON 3165 11001 3169 11045 3217 11044 3220 11002
3175 10992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 060DEG 10KT 3197 11019
$$
MOLLERE488
WWUS55 KTWC 200126
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
626 PM MST SUN AUG 19 2012
AZC003-200135-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-120820T0130Z/
COCHISE AZ-
626 PM MST SUN AUG 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MST...
THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 630 PM MST.
LAT...LON 3165 11001 3169 11045 3217 11044 3220 11002
3175 10992
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 060DEG 10KT 3195 11023
$$
MOLLEREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:05 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 85 min |
| Aug 19, 5:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 5:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 5:59 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 91 min |
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham, Pinal | 86 min |
| Aug 19, 6:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Pinal | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 7:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 44 min | |
| Aug 19, 7:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 7:19 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 86 min |
| Aug 19, 7:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 8:47 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 103 min |
| Aug 19, 8:58 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:25 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 4:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 79 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.