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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 11, 2021Greenlee County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 5:08 PM MST for Greenlee County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 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 11, 2021, 5:08 PM MST (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Greenlee County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 1:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 727 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 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

788 
WUUS55 KTWC 120008
SVRTWC
AZC011-120045-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0050.210712T0008Z-210712T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
508 PM MST Sun Jul 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM MST.

* At 507 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
  Morenci, or 11 miles north of Clifton, moving south at 25 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...
  Clifton, Morenci, York, Three Way and Guthrie. 

This includes the following highways...
 Route 75 between mile markers 391 and 398.
 Route 78 between mile markers 155 and 167.
 Route 191 between mile markers 151 and 182, and between mile markers
185 and 189.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3328 10938 3324 10908 3281 10911 3301 10942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 006DEG 23KT 3320 10929 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
575 
WWUS55 KTWC 120042
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
542 PM MST Sun Jul 11 2021

AZC011-120051-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210712T0045Z/
Greenlee-
542 PM MST Sun Jul 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENLEE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM MST...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MST for
southeastern Arizona.

LAT...LON 3328 10938 3324 10908 3281 10911 3301 10942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 006DEG 23KT 3299 10932 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 6:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise39 min
Jul 11, 6:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham38 min
Jul 11, 7:25 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise50 min
Jul 11, 9:22 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee53 min
Jul 11, 9:59 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee61 min
Jul 11, 11:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise28 min
Jul 12, 1:56 PM MSTFlash Flood WatchTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz4 days
Jul 12, 1:59 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal9 hr

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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.