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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 12:08 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2016, 12:08 PM MST (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2016, 12:45 PM MST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
657 WWUS85 KTWC 281908 SPSTWC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1208 PM MST TUE JUN 28 2016 AZZ503-513-281945- UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND ALTAR VALLEYS INCLUDING NOGALES-DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON- 1208 PM MST TUE JUN 28 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM MST... AT 1204 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF NOGALES...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NOGALES...RIO RICO SOUTHWEST...RIO RICO SOUTHEAST AND KINO SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3145 11106 3145 11073 3133 11071 3133 11104 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 081DEG 9KT 3135 11080 $$ FRENCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 11:28 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 3:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 3:50 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 4:05 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.