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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 29, 2016Santa Cruz County, Arizona

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2016-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:23 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC37 min
Jun 29, 12:27 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Graham, Pima, Pinal3 hr
Jun 29, 1:12 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC48 min
Jun 29, 12:39 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz36 min
Jun 29, 12:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz40 min
Jun 29, 1:23 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Santa Cruz112 min
Jun 29, 1:49 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC41 min
Jun 29, 1:50 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima115 min
Jun 29, 2:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz45 min
Jun 29, 2:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima50 min
Jun 29, 2:31 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima119 min
Jun 29, 2:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Jun 29, 3:11 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima3 hr
Jun 29, 3:18 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC42 min
Jun 29, 3:35 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal40 min
Jun 29, 4:35 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal40 min
Jun 29, 4:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.