Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2016, 2:18 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 11, 2016, 2:18 PM MST (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2016, 2:45 PM MST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
800 WUUS55 KTWC 112118 SVRTWC AZC019-021-112145- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0002.160611T2118Z-160611T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 218 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 245 PM MST * AT 217 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARANA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...CASAS ADOBES...TORTOLITA... FLOWING WELLS...DOVE MOUNTAIN... SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK WEST AND PICTURE ROCKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3225 11103 3227 11122 3250 11124 3251 11097 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 186DEG 6KT 3235 11111 $$
2 follow-up statements
682 WWUS55 KTWC 112130 SVSTWC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 230 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016 AZC019-021-112145- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160611T2145Z/ PINAL AZ-PIMA AZ- 230 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MST FOR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES... AT 229 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER TORTOLITA...OR NEAR MARANA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ORO VALLEY...MARANA...TORTOLITA...DOVE MOUNTAIN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3225 11103 3227 11122 3250 11124 3251 11097 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 196DEG 14KT 3241 11109 $$
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WWUS55 KTWC 112146
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
246 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016
AZC019-021-112155-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160611T2145Z/
PINAL AZ-PIMA AZ-
246 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND
NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3225 11103 3227 11122 3250 11124 3251 11097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 186DEG 6KT 3241 11109
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 23 min | |
| Jun 10, 5:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Jun 10, 5:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 48 min | |
| Jun 10, 6:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 6:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 47 min | |
| Jun 11, 2:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 45 min | |
| Jun 11, 2:57 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 18 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.