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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 18, 2021Cochise County, Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2021, 6:24 PM MST for Cochise County, Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2021, 6:24 PM MST (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 7:00 PM MST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1031 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, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1031 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

093 
WUUS55 KTWC 190124
SVRTWC
AZC003-019-190200-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0073.210719T0124Z-210719T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
624 PM MST Sun Jul 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
  West central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 700 PM MST.

* At 624 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kartchner
  Caverns State Park, or 11 miles south of Benson, moving northwest
  at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Benson, Whetstone and Kartchner Caverns State Park. 

This includes the following highways...
 Route 82 between mile markers 51 and 56.
 Route 90 between mile markers 291 and 309.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 11018 3166 11033 3178 11048 3196 11035
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 131DEG 14KT 3178 11033 

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

Cerniglia

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 5:06 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC39 min
Jul 18, 5:10 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise35 min
Jul 18, 5:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham48 min
Jul 18, 5:30 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise3 hr
Jul 18, 5:37 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee3 hr
Jul 18, 5:42 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jul 18, 5:46 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC44 min
Jul 18, 6:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise59 min
Jul 18, 6:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Santa Cruz43 min
Jul 18, 6:06 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise2 hr
Jul 18, 6:11 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz3 hr
Jul 18, 6:12 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham48 min
Jul 18, 6:33 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise, Graham3 hr
Jul 18, 6:39 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC66 min
Jul 18, 6:43 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Graham, Pima3 hr
Jul 18, 7:00 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise, Pima3 hr
Jul 18, 7:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima38 min
Jul 18, 7:23 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Pima, Santa Cruz3 hr
Jul 18, 7:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima61 min
Jul 18, 7:36 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise39 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise3 hr
Jul 18, 7:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC39 min
Jul 18, 8:20 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Jul 18, 9:30 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Jul 19, 3:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee22 min
Jul 19, 4:03 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCGreenlee3 hr
Jul 19, 4:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee39 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.