Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2021, 7:28 PM MST for Graham County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 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 12, 2021, 7:28 PM MST (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2021, 8:15 PM MST
- In force
- 47 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
831
WUUS55 KTWC 130228
SVRTWC
AZC009-021-130315-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0053.210713T0228Z-210713T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
728 PM MST Mon Jul 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
East central Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 815 PM MST.
* At 727 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 25 miles west of
Safford, moving southwest 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...
Safford, Thatcher, Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, Pima, Central, Fort
Thomas, Mount Graham, Frye Mesa Dam and Klondyke.
This includes the following highways...
Route 70 between mile markers 305 and 342.
Route 191 between mile markers 118 and 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3306 10996 3282 10965 3243 11030 3286 11066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 062DEG 23KT 3285 11014
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Carpenter2 follow-up statements
984 WWUS55 KTWC 130253 SVSTWC Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 753 PM MST Mon Jul 12 2021 AZC009-021-130315- /O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210713T0315Z/ Graham-Pinal- 753 PM MST Mon Jul 12 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND EAST CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES... At 752 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 19 miles east of Mammoth, moving southwest at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Thatcher, Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, Pima and Klondyke. This includes Route 70 between mile markers 312 and 328. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3302 10998 3282 10975 3243 11030 3286 11066 TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 062DEG 23KT 3277 11031 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Carpenter
673
WWUS55 KTWC 130314
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
814 PM MST Mon Jul 12 2021
AZC009-021-130324-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210713T0315Z/
Graham-Pinal-
814 PM MST Mon Jul 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND EAST
CENTRAL PINAL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 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. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3302 10998 3282 10975 3243 11030 3286 11066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 062DEG 23KT 3272 11043
$$
CarpenterThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 6:39 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:49 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 7:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 40 min | |
| Jul 12, 8:05 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 8:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 8:37 PM MST | Tornado Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 8:51 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 9:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 34 min | |
| Jul 12, 9:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 9:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 9:30 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 9:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 9:54 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:58 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 47 min | |
| Jul 12, 10:16 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:24 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:33 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 56 min |
| Jul 12, 11:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 2:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 2:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 3:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 25 min | |
| Jul 13, 4:38 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 30 min | |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 32 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.