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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2016, 1:13 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 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 29, 2016, 1:13 PM MST (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
831 WWUS85 KTWC 292013 SPSTWC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 113 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 AZZ503-504-507-513-292100- UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND ALTAR VALLEYS INCLUDING NOGALES-TUCSON METRO AREA INCLUDING TUCSON/GREEN VALLEY/MARANA/VAIL-DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON- 113 PM MST WED JUN 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SANTA CRUZ AND EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MST... AT 112 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST SAHUARITA TO 14 MILES EAST OF NOGALES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NOGALES...GREEN VALLEY...SAHUARITA...RIO RICO NORTHEAST... TUMACACORI-CARMEN...RIO RICO SOUTHEAST...RIO RICO NORTHWEST... RIO RICO SOUTHWEST...EAST SAHUARITA...SUMMIT...TUBAC...PATAGONIA... PATAGONIA LAKE...KINO SPRINGS...TUMACACORI...MADERA CANYON... PENA BLANCA LAKE...RIO RICO...SONOITA AND VAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3207 11068 3134 11046 3134 11109 3209 11117 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 238DEG 17KT 3192 11092 3140 11069 $$ CANTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:23 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 37 min | |
| Jun 29, 12:27 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:12 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 48 min | |
| Jun 29, 12:39 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 12:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 1:23 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 112 min |
| Jun 29, 1:49 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 41 min | |
| Jun 29, 1:50 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 115 min |
| Jun 29, 2:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 2:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 2:31 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 119 min |
| Jun 29, 2:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 3:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 4:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 4:51 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 39 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.