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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2021, 12:58 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 19 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
- Sep 5, 2021, 12:58 PM MST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 1:17 PM MST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
169 WUUS55 KTWC 051958 SVRTWC AZC003-052045- /O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0172.210905T1958Z-210905T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Tucson AZ Issued by National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 1258 PM MST Sun Sep 5 2021 The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 145 PM MST. * At 1258 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tombstone, or 13 miles northeast of Sierra Vista, moving west 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... Tombstone, Fairbank and Charleston. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3184 11001 3165 10998 3157 11024 3184 11030 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 073DEG 8KT 3172 11016 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ Iniguez
1 follow-up statement
302
WWUS55 KTWC 052017
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
117 PM MST Sun Sep 5 2021
AZC003-052026-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-210905T2045Z/
Cochise-
117 PM MST Sun Sep 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3184 11001 3165 10998 3157 11024 3184 11030
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 073DEG 8KT 3171 11021
$$
RHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 11:52 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 23 min |
| Sep 5, 12:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 12:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 12:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 7 min |
| Sep 5, 12:44 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 106 min |
| Sep 5, 1:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 1:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:10 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 2:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 2:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 2:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 2:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 2:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 41 min |
| Sep 5, 2:54 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 111 min |
| Sep 5, 3:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 3:13 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:15 PM MST | Tornado Warning | TWC | Pima | 15 min |
| Sep 5, 3:22 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | Pima | 113 min |
| Sep 5, 3:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 66 min |
| Sep 5, 3:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 3:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 3:41 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 3:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 4:06 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 114 min |
| Sep 5, 4:12 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 59 min |
| Sep 5, 4:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 4:42 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 93 min |
| Sep 5, 4:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 63 min |
| Sep 5, 4:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 4:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 117 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.