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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Tucson, AZ

October 5, 2021Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2021, 5:18 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 27 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, 5:18 PM MST (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

450 
WUUS55 KTWC 060018
SVRTWC
AZC003-060100-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0209.211006T0018Z-211006T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM MST.

* At 517 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located west of Rodeo, 
  moving north 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...
  Portal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3177 10913 3197 10915 3197 10905 3177 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 180DEG 13KT 3184 10908 

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
965 
WWUS55 KTWC 060030
SVSTWC

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

AZC003-060100-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-211006T0100Z/
Cochise-
530 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST
FOR EAST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...

At 529 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located betweem Portal and 
Rodeo along the Arizona/New Mexico state line, moving north 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...
Portal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3197 10915 3197 10905 3183 10905 3183 10914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 180DEG 13KT 3186 10908 

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

$$
496 
WWUS55 KTWC 060045
SVSTWC

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

AZC003-060055-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-211006T0100Z/
Cochise-
545 PM MST Tue Oct 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3197 10915 3197 10905 3183 10905 3183 10914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 180DEG 13KT 3192 10908 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 5:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Pinal35 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.