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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tucson, AZ

January 25, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2021, 2:44 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 46 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
Jan 25, 2021, 2:44 PM MST (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2021, 3:30 PM MST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2021-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

696 
WUUS55 KTWC 252144
SVRTWC
AZC019-252230-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0001.210125T2144Z-210125T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
244 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 330 PM MST.

* At 243 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northwest
  of Sells, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Santa Rosa, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Covered Wells, Anegam, Palo
  Verde Stand, Ak Chin, Queens Well, No:ligk, Comobabi, South
  Comobabi, Cababi, Santa Rosa Ranch, Sil Nakya, San Luis - Sells
  District, Mountain Village, Pan Tak, San Luis, Rincon and Santa
  Rosa School.

This includes Route 86 between mile markers 86 and 111, and between
mile markers 122 and 137.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3193 11217 3240 11226 3250 11164 3196 11151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 243DEG 40KT 3208 11204 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RH
3 follow-up statements
127 
WWUS55 KTWC 252205
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
305 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

AZC019-252230-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210125T2230Z/
Pima-
305 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

At 304 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles north of
San Isidro, or 19 miles north of Sells, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Santa Rosa, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Anegam, Palo Verde Stand, Ak Chin,
Queens Well, No:ligk, Comobabi, South Comobabi, Cababi, Santa Rosa
Ranch, Sil Nakya, San Luis - Sells District, Pan Tak, San Luis,
Rincon and Santa Rosa School.

This includes Route 86 between mile markers 96 and 110, and between
mile markers 122 and 137.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3194 11209 3243 11207 3250 11164 3196 11151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 243DEG 40KT 3219 11179 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RH
053 
WWUS55 KTWC 252216
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
316 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

AZC019-252230-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210125T2230Z/
Pima-
316 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

At 312 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles north of
San Isidro, or 24 miles northeast of Sells, moving northeast at 45 
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Queens Well, No:ligk, Comobabi, South
Comobabi, Cababi, Santa Rosa Ranch, Sil Nakya, San Luis - Sells
District, Pan Tak and Rincon.

This includes Route 86 between mile markers 107 and 109, and between
mile markers 123 and 137.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3195 11198 3245 11195 3250 11164 3196 11151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 243DEG 40KT 3223 11169 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RH
100 
WWUS55 KTWC 252228
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
328 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

AZC019-252238-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210125T2230Z/
Pima-
328 PM MST Mon Jan 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM MST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3195 11198 3245 11195 3250 11164 3196 11151
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 243DEG 40KT 3229 11155 

$$

RH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 5:05 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal40 min
Jan 25, 1:47 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima43 min
Jan 25, 2:30 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima, Pinal45 min
Jan 25, 3:20 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima40 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima36 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.