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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2016, 4:19 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2016, 4:19 PM MST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:22 PM MST | TSTM WND GST 69 | 1 Ese Fort Huachuca, AZ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
091
WUUS55 KTWC 272319
SVRTWC
AZC003-280000-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0021.160727T2319Z-160728T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
419 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 500 PM MST
* AT 418 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUACHUCA CITY TO NEAR
SIERRA VISTA SOUTHEAST... AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIERRA VISTA...HUACHUCA CITY...SIERRA VISTA SOUTHEAST...
NICKSVILLE...FORT HUACHUCA...PALOMINAS...RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE...
HEREFORD...PARKER CANYON LAKE AND CORONADO NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINS
FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3134 11046 3166 11045 3154 11009 3133 11005
3133 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 000DEG 14KT 3160 11040 3152 11017
$$
FRENCH2 follow-up statements
374
WWUS55 KTWC 272341
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
441 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016
AZC003-280000-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160728T0000Z/
COCHISE-
441 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...
AT 440 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF SIERRA VISTA TO NEAR
SIERRA VISTA SOUTHEAST...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIERRA VISTA...SIERRA VISTA SOUTHEAST...NICKSVILLE...FORT HUACHUCA...
RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE...HEREFORD...PARKER CANYON LAKE AND CORONADO
NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3134 11046 3166 11045 3152 11015 3133 11020
3133 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 002DEG 15KT 3154 11040 3147 11019
$$
FRENCH457
WWUS55 KTWC 272356
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
456 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016
AZC003-280005-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160728T0000Z/
COCHISE-
456 PM MST WED JUL 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM MST...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
MST.
LAT...LON 3134 11046 3166 11045 3152 11015 3133 11020
3133 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 000DEG 14KT 3154 11040 3147 11019
$$
FRENCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 5:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 37 min | |
| Jul 26, 6:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 6:26 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 7:29 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 7:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 8:02 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 8:25 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 88 min |
| Jul 26, 9:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 2:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 2:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 2:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Greenlee | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 2:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 3:04 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 3:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 3:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 114 min |
| Jul 27, 3:40 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 4:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 4:11 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 4:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 4:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 30 min | |
| Jul 27, 4:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 4:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.