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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 8, 2021Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2021, 3:42 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 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 8, 2021, 3:42 PM MST (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 4:15 PM MST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 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 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

778 
WUUS55 KTWC 082242
SVRTWC
AZC003-082315-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0124.210808T2242Z-210808T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
342 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

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

* Until 415 PM MST.

* At 342 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
  Willcox, moving west at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly remote areas of
  north central Cochise County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3230 10961 3218 10962 3216 10982 3235 10978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 096DEG 10KT 3223 10970 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
744 
WWUS55 KTWC 082258
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
358 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

AZC003-082315-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210808T2315Z/
Cochise-
358 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...

At 357 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located just east of 
Willcox, moving west at 10 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly remote areas of
north central Cochise County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3231 10966 3219 10966 3216 10982 3235 10978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 096DEG 10KT 3223 10975 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
932 
WWUS55 KTWC 082312
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
412 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

AZC003-082321-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210808T2315Z/
Cochise-
412 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 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. However small 
hail, gusty winds and brief heavy rain are still possible with this 
thunderstorm through 425 pm as the storm moves to the west around 10 
mph.

LAT...LON 3231 10966 3219 10966 3216 10982 3235 10978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 096DEG 10KT 3223 10978 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 5:46 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC44 min
Aug 7, 5:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee36 min
Aug 7, 6:19 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima116 min
Aug 8, 2:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Aug 8, 2:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee36 min
Aug 8, 3:08 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Aug 8, 3:46 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC44 min
Aug 8, 4:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima49 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz33 min
Aug 8, 4:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz86 min
Aug 8, 4:21 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise114 min
Aug 8, 4:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz84 min
Aug 8, 4:26 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Aug 8, 4:33 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise27 min
Aug 8, 4:48 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCSanta Cruz3 hr

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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.