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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 5:21 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 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 5, 2012, 5:21 PM MST (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
063 WWUS85 KTWC 060021 SPSTWC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 521 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 AZZ504-507-513-514-060100- DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON AZ-SANTA CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS INCLUDING MOUNT LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN AZ-TUCSON METRO AREA INCLUDING TUCSON/GREEN VALLEY/MARANA/VAIL AZ-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON AZ- 521 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MST... AT 513 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF SAHUARITA...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREEN VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAHUARITA...SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST AND RITA RANCH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3189 11100 3221 11083 3214 11045 3180 11055 TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 117DEG 17KT 3198 11079 $$ GL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:55 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 50 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 6:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 94 min |
| Aug 5, 6:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 6:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 7:11 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 86 min |
| Aug 5, 7:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 7:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 64 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 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.