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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2021, 7:29 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 61 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, 7:29 PM MST (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2021, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
411
WUUS55 KTWC 190229
SVRTWC
AZC019-190330-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0075.210719T0229Z-210719T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
729 PM MST Sun Jul 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 830 PM MST.
* At 729 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Kartchner Caverns State Park, or 14 miles southwest of Benson,
moving north at 15 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...
Vail and Corona De Tucson.
This includes Route 83 between mile markers 39 and 58.
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 3181 11080 3203 11084 3196 11045 3174 11045
3173 11051 3173 11063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 163DEG 12KT 3182 11052
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KG2 follow-up statements
475
WWUS55 KTWC 190311
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
811 PM MST Sun Jul 18 2021
AZC019-190330-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210719T0330Z/
Pima-
811 PM MST Sun Jul 18 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MST
FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...
At 810 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Vail, or 14 miles west of Benson, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Vail and Corona De Tucson.
This includes Route 83 between mile markers 39 and 58.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 11080 3203 11084 3196 11045 3174 11045
3173 11051 3173 11063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 163DEG 12KT 3195 11057
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KG877
WWUS55 KTWC 190322
SVSTWC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
822 PM MST Sun Jul 18 2021
AZC019-190332-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210719T0330Z/
Pima-
822 PM MST Sun Jul 18 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 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 3181 11080 3203 11084 3196 11045 3174 11045
3173 11051 3173 11063
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 163DEG 12KT 3198 11058
$$
KGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 39 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:10 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 5:27 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:42 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 44 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 6:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 6:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:12 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 6:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 6:33 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:39 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 66 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:43 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:07 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 7:23 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:36 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 7:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:51 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 39 min | |
| Jul 18, 8:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 9:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Greenlee | 22 min |
| Jul 19, 4:03 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Greenlee | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 39 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.