Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 2:55 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 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, 2:55 PM MST (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:29 PM MST
- In force
- 34 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
316
WUUS55 KTWC 072155
SVRTWC
AZC003-072245-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0121.210807T2155Z-210807T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
255 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 345 PM MST.
* At 254 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Douglas, and
is nearly stationary or slowly moving south around 5 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Douglas and Pirtleville. Highway 80 northeast of Douglas.
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 3136 10959 3144 10953 3144 10944 3133 10935
3133 10958
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 357DEG 2KT 3141 10950
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JRM2 follow-up statements
463 WWUS55 KTWC 072215 SVSTWC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 315 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021 AZC003-072245- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-210807T2245Z/ Cochise- 315 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY... At 314 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located northeast of Douglas, and is nearly stationary. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Northeast of Douglas. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3142 10953 3142 10944 3133 10935 3133 10953 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 293DEG 3KT 3140 10946 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ JRM
937
WWUS55 KTWC 072229
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
329 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
AZC003-072239-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-210807T2245Z/
Cochise-
329 PM MST Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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 has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3142 10953 3142 10944 3133 10935 3133 10953
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 357DEG 2KT 3139 10946
$$
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, 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, 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.