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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 10, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2021, 7:14 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 61 min. 7 reports 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
Jul 10, 2021, 7:14 PM MST (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2021, 8:15 PM MST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 7:23 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Tucson, AZLARGE TREE DOWN.
Jul 10, 7:33 PM MSTTSTM WND GST 739 E Tucson, AZMESONET STATION CW6532 TUCSON FREEMAN/OLD SPANISH TRL.
Jul 10, 7:43 PM MSTTSTM WND GST 769 E Tucson, AZMESONET STATION CW6532 TUCSON FREEMAN/OLD SPANISH TRL.
Jul 10, 7:45 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG5 E Tucson, AZMULTIPLE PALO VERDE TREES DOWN NEAR S CAMINO SECO AND E BURNING TREE DR. CWOP SITE RECORDED A 53 MPH WIND GUST IN THE AREA.
Jul 10, 7:52 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG3 Ese Tucson, AZLARGE PALO VERDE TREE DOWN.
Jul 10, 7:53 PM MSTTSTM WND DMG2 E Tucson, AZLARGE PALO VERDE TREE DOWN BLOCKING 2 LANES.
Jul 10, 7:58 PM MSTTSTM WND GST 642 Se Tucson, AZASOS STATION KDMA DAVIS MONTHAN AFB.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 4:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1025 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 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
1025 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

671 
WUUS55 KTWC 110214
SVRTWC
AZC019-110315-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0043.210711T0214Z-210711T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
714 PM MST Sat Jul 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 815 PM MST.

* At 714 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Tucson,
  moving west at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Tucson, Catalina, Oro Valley, Marana, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,
  Casas Adobes, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde, South
  Tucson, Avra Valley, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, Tortolita,
  Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson
  Estates, Saguaro National Park West, Valencia West, Catalina State
  Park and Catalina Foothills.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 10 between mile markers 233 and 277.
 Interstate 19 between mile markers 54 and 63.
 Route 77 between mile markers 70 and 86.
 Route 86 between mile markers 158 and 171.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3249 11068 3199 11076 3213 11122 3250 11136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 078DEG 6KT 3220 11087 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GL
1 follow-up statement
791 
WWUS55 KTWC 110248
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
748 PM MST Sat Jul 10 2021

AZC019-110315-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-210711T0315Z/
Pima-
748 PM MST Sat Jul 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY...

At 748 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Tucson,
or over Tucson, moving west at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Tucson, Catalina, Oro Valley, Marana, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,
Casas Adobes, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Tanque Verde, South
Tucson, Avra Valley, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, Tortolita,
Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson
Estates, Saguaro National Park West, Valencia West, Catalina State
Park and Catalina Foothills.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 10 between mile markers 233 and 277.
 Interstate 19 between mile markers 54 and 63.
 Route 77 between mile markers 70 and 86.
 Route 86 between mile markers 158 and 171.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3249 11068 3199 11076 3213 11122 3250 11136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 078DEG 6KT 3219 11094 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 5:10 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise2 hr
Jul 10, 5:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham61 min
Jul 10, 5:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise45 min
Jul 10, 5:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz52 min
Jul 10, 5:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise60 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCSanta Cruz2 hr
Jul 10, 5:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima, Santa Cruz59 min
Jul 10, 6:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz40 min
Jul 10, 6:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham26 min
Jul 10, 6:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz53 min
Jul 10, 6:50 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC25 min
Jul 10, 6:57 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz63 min
Jul 10, 6:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz48 min
Jul 10, 7:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima39 min
Jul 10, 7:07 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCPima, Pinal83 min
Jul 10, 7:29 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise, Pima2 hr
Jul 10, 7:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima55 min
Jul 10, 8:00 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCPima, Pinal86 min
Jul 10, 8:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima39 min
Jul 10, 8:12 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima48 min
Jul 10, 8:22 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima113 min
Jul 10, 8:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima61 min
Jul 10, 8:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal66 min
Jul 10, 8:41 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima2 hr
Jul 10, 8:48 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima117 min
Jul 10, 8:51 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima114 min
Jul 10, 8:51 PM MSTTornado WarningTWCPima14 min
Jul 10, 9:45 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC60 min
Jul 10, 10:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Jul 10, 10:20 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal3 hr
Jul 10, 10:36 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima3 hr
Jul 11, 4:12 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee33 min
Jul 11, 4:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee46 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.