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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 4:21 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2019, 4:21 PM MST (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2019, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 68 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 (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
972 WWUS85 KTWC 032321 SPSTWC Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 421 PM MST Sat Aug 3 2019 AZZ507-508-513-040000- Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson-Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon-Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet including Douglas/Willcox- 421 PM MST Sat Aug 3 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MST... At 421 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tombstone moving east at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Tombstone. 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 3164 11009 3182 11005 3181 10973 3155 10978 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 280DEG 8KT 3172 10999 $$ Carpenter
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 117 min |
| Aug 2, 5:53 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 6:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 1:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 1:27 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 2:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 2:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 48 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 46 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 4:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 114 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.