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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2012, 4:10 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 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 10, 2012, 4:10 PM MST (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 745 AM MST TUE JUL 10 2012 AZZ502>515-110845- TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- TUCSON METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS-BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- 745 AM MST TUE JUL 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG OUTFLOWS PUSHING INTO VALLEY AND DESERT LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM STORMS FOLLOWED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ501-110845- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- 745 AM MST TUE JUL 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING IN FROM THE EAST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:12 PM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 112 PM MST TUE JUL 10 2012 AZZ508-512-102100- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ- 112 PM MST TUE JUL 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MST... AT 106 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RUCKER CANYON...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RODEO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY FLOW IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS AND WASHES IS EXPECTED IN THE RUCKER CANYON AREA INCLUDING WHITEWATER DRAW. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3160 10931 3176 10952 3187 10934 3176 10921 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 048DEG 6KT 3175 10934 MEYER
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:10 PM MST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 48 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.