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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 7:13 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 26, 2016, 7:13 PM MST (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2016, 7:45 PM MST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:20 PM MST | TSTM WND DMG | Tucson, AZ | CIITY OF TUCSON REPORTS POWER LINES DOWN DUE TO STORMS... MOSTLY AFFECTING THE AREA AROUND 1ST AND RIVER AND CAMPBELL AND RIVER. IN ADDITION A HOUSE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY LIGHTNING NEAR 22ND AND KOLB. |
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
931 WUUS55 KTWC 270213 SVRTWC AZC019-270245- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0004.160627T0213Z-160627T0245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 713 PM MST SUN JUN 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 745 PM MST * AT 711 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF FLOWING WELLS...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCSON...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...FLOWING WELLS...DREXEL-ALVERNON... CASAS ADOBES...DREXEL HEIGHTS...TUCSON ESTATES...TORTOLITA... AVRA VALLEY...LITTLETOWN...SUMMIT...TANQUE VERDE...VALENCIA WEST... SOUTH TUCSON...CATALINA FOOTHILLS...PICTURE ROCKS...CATALINA... RITA RANCH AND SAN XAVIER MISSION. 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 3214 11065 3197 11090 3249 11144 3250 11092 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 133DEG 30KT 3231 11103 $$
1 follow-up statement
764
WWUS55 KTWC 270243
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
743 PM MST SUN JUN 26 2016
AZC019-270252-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160627T0245Z/
PIMA-
743 PM MST SUN JUN 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM MST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3214 11065 3197 11090 3249 11144 3250 11092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 133DEG 30KT 3231 11103
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 7:32 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 118 min |
| Jun 27, 4:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 46 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.