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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 3, 2021Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2021, 12:23 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 3, 2021, 12:23 PM MST (19:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 12:58 PM MST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2021-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 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 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -64 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
278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

981 
WUUS55 KTWC 031923
SVRTWC
AZC003-023-032015-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0018.210703T1923Z-210703T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
1223 PM MST Sat Jul 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
  Northeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 115 PM MST.

* At 1223 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles northeast of Elgin to Sierra Vista, moving
  south 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...
  Sierra Vista, Hereford, Whetstone, Huachuca City, Elgin, Fort
  Huachuca, Parker Canyon Lake, Palominas, Coronado National
  Memorial, Canelo and Ramsey Canyon Preserve.

This includes the following highways...
 Route 82 between mile markers 39 and 50.
 Route 83 between mile markers 3 and 23.
 Route 90 between mile markers 309 and 328.
 Route 92 between mile markers 322 and 340.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3151 11061 3173 11055 3173 11046 3175 11045
      3155 11014 3133 11011 3133 11037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 001DEG 11KT 3170 11047 3150 11021 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Carpenter
2 follow-up statements
702 
WWUS55 KTWC 031941
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
1241 PM MST Sat Jul 3 2021

AZC003-023-032015-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210703T2015Z/
Cochise-Santa Cruz-
1241 PM MST Sat Jul 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES...

At 1240 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Elgin to near Sierra Vista, moving south at 15
mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sierra Vista, Hereford, Whetstone, Huachuca City, Elgin, Fort
Huachuca, Parker Canyon Lake, Palominas, Coronado National Memorial,
Canelo and Ramsey Canyon Preserve.

This includes the following highways...
 Route 82 between mile markers 39 and 50.
 Route 83 between mile markers 3 and 23.
 Route 90 between mile markers 309 and 328.
 Route 92 between mile markers 322 and 340.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3151 11061 3173 11055 3173 11046 3175 11045
      3155 11014 3133 11011 3133 11037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 001DEG 11KT 3166 11047 3146 11021 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Carpenter
802 
WWUS55 KTWC 031958
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
1258 PM MST Sat Jul 3 2021

AZC003-023-032008-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210703T2015Z/
Cochise-Santa Cruz-
1258 PM MST Sat Jul 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE AND
NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3151 11061 3173 11055 3173 11046 3175 11045
      3155 11014 3133 11011 3133 11037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 001DEG 11KT 3162 11047 3142 11021 

$$

Carpenter

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 5:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal43 min
Jul 2, 5:31 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC44 min
Jul 2, 5:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima40 min
Jul 2, 6:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC46 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima29 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima44 min
Jul 2, 7:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima47 min
Jul 2, 7:34 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal116 min
Jul 3, 11:17 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jul 3, 11:21 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz39 min
Jul 3, 11:51 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima54 min
Jul 3, 11:58 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jul 3, 12:09 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Santa Cruz111 min
Jul 3, 12:17 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jul 3, 12:28 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise, Pima, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jul 3, 1:07 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Jul 3, 1:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima45 min
Jul 3, 1:20 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima40 min
Jul 3, 1:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima40 min
Jul 3, 2:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC31 min
Jul 3, 2:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima34 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPinal44 min
Jul 3, 3:44 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 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.