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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 28, 2021Graham County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2021, 3:37 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2021, 3:37 PM MST (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2021, 4:15 PM MST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Graham County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 4:05 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Pima, AZREPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC INTO RADIO STATION OF ROOFS BLOWN OFF, BLOCK WALLS AND TREES BLOWN OVER BETWEEN PIMA AND THATCHER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

099 
WUUS55 KTWC 282237
SVRTWC
AZC009-282315-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0004.210628T2237Z-210628T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
337 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Graham County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 415 PM MST.

* At 336 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near and west of 
  Safford Regional Airport, moving southwest 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...
  Safford, Thatcher, Solomon, Roper Lake State Park, Safford Regional
  Airport, Pima, Central, Fort Thomas and Swift Trail Junction.

This includes the following highways...
 Route 70 between mile markers 306 and 345.
 Route 191 between mile markers 116 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3315 10981 3295 10951 3273 10968 3297 11009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 030DEG 15KT 3291 10965 

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

Meyer
2 follow-up statements
487 
WWUS55 KTWC 282259
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
359 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021

AZC009-282315-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210628T2315Z/
Graham-
359 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MST
FOR CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY...

At 354 PM MST, the severe thunderstorm located just north of 
Thatcher and Safford was beginning to weaken, but remained 
capable of generating damaging outflow. Movement was to the 
southwest 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...
Safford, Thatcher, Solomon, Roper Lake State Park, Safford Regional
Airport, and Pima.

This includes the following highways...
 Route 70 between mile markers 306 and 345.
 Route 191 between mile markers 116 and 120.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3315 10981 3295 10951 3273 10968 3297 11009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 039DEG 16KT 3286 10975 

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

Meyer
479 
WWUS55 KTWC 282317
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
417 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021

AZC009-282326-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210628T2315Z/
Graham-
417 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning northwest and west of 
Safford has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an 
immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning has 
been allowed to expire.  However gusty winds to 45 mph are still 
possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3315 10981 3295 10951 3273 10968 3297 11009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 030DEG 15KT 3279 10979 

$$

Meyer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:50 AM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal10 hr
Jun 28, 2:13 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGraham62 min
Jun 28, 3:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGraham60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.