Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 1:41 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 49 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 7, 2021, 1:41 PM MST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 2:30 PM MST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
706
WUUS55 KTWC 072041
SVRTWC
AZC003-072130-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0120.210807T2041Z-210807T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
141 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 230 PM MST.
* At 141 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Willcox, and
is nearly stationary.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Willcox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3221 11001 3232 10994 3230 10973 3211 10985
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 293DEG 2KT 3224 10991
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JRM2 follow-up statements
362
WWUS55 KTWC 072101
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
201 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
AZC003-072130-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210807T2130Z/
Cochise-
201 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...
At 200 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Willcox, moving
southeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Willcox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3221 10992 3227 10990 3228 10986 3227 10975
3211 10985
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 306DEG 7KT 3221 10986
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JRM439
WWUS55 KTWC 072124
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
224 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
AZC003-072133-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210807T2130Z/
Cochise-
224 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 230 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 3221 10992 3227 10990 3228 10986 3227 10975
3211 10985
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 293DEG 2KT 3221 10985
$$
JRMThe 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, 5:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 46 min |
| 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, 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.