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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 8, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2021, 6:19 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 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, 6:19 PM MST (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 7:00 PM MST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 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
742 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

633 
WUUS55 KTWC 090119
SVRTWC
AZC019-090200-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0130.210809T0119Z-210809T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM MST.

* At 618 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles east of
  Santa Rosa, or 33 miles north of Sells, moving southeast at 10 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...
  Queens Well.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3238 11188 3250 11173 3233 11148 3215 11170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 316DEG 8KT 3239 11175 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RH
1 follow-up statement
112 
WWUS55 KTWC 090155
SVSTWC

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

AZC019-090205-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0130.000000T0000Z-210809T0200Z/
Pima-
655 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 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 3238 11188 3250 11173 3233 11148 3215 11170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 316DEG 8KT 3233 11169 

$$

RH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 5:03 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise42 min
Aug 8, 5:18 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz27 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima38 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise38 min
Aug 8, 5:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise47 min
Aug 8, 5:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima24 min
Aug 8, 6:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise66 min
Aug 8, 6:10 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Aug 8, 6:13 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima32 min
Aug 8, 6:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise20 min
Aug 8, 6:37 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise5 hr
Aug 8, 6:46 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise5 hr
Aug 8, 6:56 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCCochise, Pima, Pinal70 min
Aug 8, 8:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz45 min
Aug 8, 9:03 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima117 min
Aug 8, 9:28 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Pima, Santa Cruz2 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.