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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 4:20 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 6, 2016, 4:20 PM MST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
297 WWUS85 KTWC 062320 SPSTWC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 420 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 AZZ508-512-070000- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT- 420 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MST... AT 419 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOUGLAS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DOUGLAS...PIRTLEVILLE AND BISBEE-DOUGLAS AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3153 10972 3153 10924 3133 10938 3134 10968 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 183DEG 13KT 3130 10953 $$ GL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 28 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.