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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Tucson, AZ

October 5, 2021Graham County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2021, 5:06 PM MST for Graham County, Pinal 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
Oct 5, 2021, 5:06 PM MST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2021, 5:41 PM MST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Graham County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 5, 11:46 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2021-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 364 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 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

154 
WUUS55 KTWC 060006
SVRTWC
AZC009-021-060100-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0208.211006T0006Z-211006T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
506 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
  Eastern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 600 PM MST.

* At 505 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
  Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, or 10 miles east of Christmas, moving
  northeast at 15 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...
  San Carlos Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3333 11021 3296 11046 3305 11066 3314 11062
      3313 11059 3317 11054 3316 11053 3318 11053
      3320 11040 3329 11046 3338 11044 3340 11038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 208DEG 12KT 3304 11056 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
816 
WWUS55 KTWC 060041
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
541 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

AZC009-021-060051-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-211006T0100Z/
Graham-Pinal-
541 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL GRAHAM AND
EASTERN PINAL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MST for
southeastern Arizona.

LAT...LON 3333 11021 3296 11046 3305 11066 3314 11062
      3313 11059 3317 11054 3316 11053 3318 11053
      3320 11040 3329 11046 3338 11044 3340 11038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 208DEG 12KT 3313 11050 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 5:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise27 min
Oct 5, 5:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham49 min
Oct 5, 6:11 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee48 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.