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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 3, 2019Cochise County, Arizona

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2019-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1214 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 2019-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 5:48 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima117 min
Aug 2, 5:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima52 min
Aug 2, 6:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima60 min
Aug 3, 1:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz44 min
Aug 3, 1:27 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise48 min
Aug 3, 2:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima43 min
Aug 3, 2:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz52 min
Aug 3, 3:00 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Pima2 hr
Aug 3, 3:12 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC48 min
Aug 3, 3:59 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC46 min
Aug 3, 4:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise45 min
Aug 3, 4:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Aug 3, 4:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham46 min
Aug 3, 4:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise40 min
Aug 3, 4:36 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise114 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.