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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 9, 2021Graham County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 4:58 PM MST for Graham County, Pinal 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
Jul 9, 2021, 4:58 PM MST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 5:17 PM MST
In force
19 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 Tucson radar (KEMX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1372 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 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

589 
WUUS55 KTWC 092358
SVRTWC
AZC009-021-100045-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0025.210709T2358Z-210710T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
458 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
  Southeastern Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 545 PM MST.

* At 457 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
  San Manuel, or 12 miles southeast of Mammoth, moving west at 20
  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...
  Oracle, Mammoth, San Manuel and Campo Bonito. 

This includes Route 77 between mile markers 99 and 119.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3274 11036 3253 11040 3254 11083 3281 11082
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 085DEG 18KT 3265 11045 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
433 
WWUS55 KTWC 100017
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
517 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021

AZC009-021-100025-
/O.CAN.KTWC.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210710T0045Z/
Graham-Pinal-
517 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN GRAHAM AND
SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTIES 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.  However, gusty winds are 
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3274 11036 3253 11040 3254 11083 3281 11082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 085DEG 18KT 3264 11056 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC43 min
Jul 9, 2:52 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz23 min
Jul 9, 3:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima39 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM MSTTornado WarningTWCPima31 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima30 min
Jul 9, 3:52 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima113 min
Jul 9, 4:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima52 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.