Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2021, 5:29 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal 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
- Aug 6, 2021, 5:29 PM MST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 6:15 PM MST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
451
WUUS55 KTWC 070029
SVRTWC
AZC019-021-070115-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0117.210807T0029Z-210807T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
529 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
South central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 615 PM MST.
* At 529 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Arizona City, or 21 miles south of Casa Grande, moving northeast at
55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly remote areas of
northern Pima and south central Pinal Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 11150 3249 11180 3258 11188 3274 11170
3273 11167 3275 11165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 233DEG 46KT 3260 11168
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Singer2 follow-up statements
820
WWUS55 KTWC 070058
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
558 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021
AZC019-021-070115-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-210807T0115Z/
Pima-Pinal-
558 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST
FOR NORTHERN PIMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES...
At 558 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Coolidge Airport, or 15 miles south of Florence, moving northeast at
55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly remote areas of
northern Pima and south central Pinal Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 11150 3249 11180 3258 11188 3274 11170
3273 11167 3275 11165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 233DEG 46KT 3282 11133
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Singer704
WWUS55 KTWC 070112
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
612 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021
AZC019-021-070122-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-210807T0115Z/
Pima-Pinal-
612 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PIMA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3252 11150 3249 11180 3258 11188 3274 11170
3273 11167 3275 11165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 233DEG 46KT 3289 11121
$$
SingerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 5:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 5:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Greenlee | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 5:18 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 6:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 6:19 PM MST | Tornado Warning | TWC | Pima | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 6:23 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 43 min | |
| Aug 6, 9:25 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 1:41 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 2:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 3:09 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 111 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Greenlee | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 3:53 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 52 min | |
| Aug 7, 4:51 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 4:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 48 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.