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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2019, 1:17 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 58 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, 2019, 1:17 PM MST (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2019, 2:15 PM MST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 28, 1:14 PM MST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:14 PM MST, 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:21 PM MST, 56 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 1221 PM MST Fri Jun 28 2019 AZZ507-513-282015- Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson-Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon- 1221 PM MST Fri Jun 28 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MST... At 1221 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sierra Vista, moving north at 15 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Sierra Vista, Hereford, Whetstone, Huachuca City, Fort Huachuca, Fairbank, Charleston and Ramsey Canyon Preserve. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3142 11019 3146 11043 3172 11045 3174 11013 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 187DEG 11KT 3153 11032 LEINS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:02 PM MST, 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 12:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 2:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 23 min |
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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.