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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2016, 6:01 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 6, 2016, 6:01 PM MST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 6:45 PM MST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM MST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nw Pearce-Sunsites, AZ | SPOTTER ESTIMATE OF 60 MPH WINDS |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
762 WUUS55 KTWC 070101 SVRTWC AZC003-070145- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0041.160807T0101Z-160807T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 601 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 645 PM MST * AT 600 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 PEARCE-SUNSITES...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF WILLCOX...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COCHISE...SUNIZONA...KANSAS SETTLEMENT AND PEARCE-SUNSITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3171 10970 3182 10996 3213 10996 3209 10959 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 188DEG 5KT 3193 10984 $$ MEYER
1 follow-up statement
495
WWUS55 KTWC 070141
SVSTWC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
641 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016
AZC003-070148-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160807T0145Z/
COCHISE-
641 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM MST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN AREAS AROUND AND NORTH OF
PEARCE-SUNSITES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:15
PM MST.
LAT...LON 3171 10970 3182 10996 3213 10996 3209 10959
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 188DEG 5KT 3193 10984
$$
MEYERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 117 min |
| Aug 6, 7:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 8:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Aug 6, 9:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 116 min |
| Aug 6, 9:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 115 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.