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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 9, 2013Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2013, 9:54 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2013, 9:54 PM MST (04:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2013, 10:45 PM MST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 9:40 PM MST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:40 PM MST, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:52 PM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
452 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2013

AZZ505-506-100015-
SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING ELOY/PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK
AZ-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING KEARNY/MAMMOTH/ORACLE AZ-
452 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM
MST...

AT 448 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF KEARNY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GLOBE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE...KEARNY
AND KELVIN AS WELL AS THE SHIPMAN WILDFIRE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3322 11092 3300 11079 3282 11115 3298 11131
      3325 11096 3325 11094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 045DEG 24KT 3318 11096

KD

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:45 PM MST, 4 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
545 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2013

AZZ507-508-513-100130-
DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING
BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW
5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY
INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON AZ-
545 PM MST TUE JUL 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM MST...

AT 543 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF BISBEE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PALOMINAS...NICKSVILLE...
RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE AND CORONADO NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3133 11044 3147 11034 3152 11012 3141 10986
      3133 10985 3132 11025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 042DEG 13KT 3139 11012

MEADOWS

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:05 PM MST, 3 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
605 PM MST TUE JUL 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             PALOMINAS               31.38N 110.12W
07/09/2013  E1.00 INCH       COCHISE            AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN WITH NICKLE AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL
            FALLING...NOT COVERING THE GROUND

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1300041

FRENCH

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:51 PM MST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
651 PM MST TUE JUL 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     HAIL             2 SSE NICKSVILLE        31.40N 110.23W
07/09/2013  E0.88 INCH       COCHISE            AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL THE SIZE OF MARBLES AND NICKLES

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1300042

FRENCH

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:59 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
659 PM MST TUE JUL 09 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             3 NNE CORONADO NATIONAL 31.39N 110.24W
07/09/2013  M0.75 INCH       COCHISE            AZ   PUBLIC

            0.75 INCH HAIL AND OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN ABOUT AN HOUR

0645 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NNE CORONADO NATIONAL 31.39N 110.24W
07/09/2013                   COCHISE            AZ   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1300043
EVENT NUMBER TWC1300044

FRENCH

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:06 PM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 5:42 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	93 min
Jul 9, 5:45 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		45 min
Jul 9, 5:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	47 min
Jul 9, 6:02 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	118 min
Jul 9, 7:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Jul 9, 8:03 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Jul 9, 10:27 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Santa Cruz	2 hr
Jul 9, 10:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	47 min
Jul 9, 10:57 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:08 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	82 min
Jul 10, 4:44 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.