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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 22, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2021, 1:37 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2021, 1:37 PM MST (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 2:15 PM MST
In force
38 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), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 970 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

075 
WUUS55 KTWC 222037
SVRTWC
AZC019-222115-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0085.210722T2037Z-210722T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
137 PM MST Thu Jul 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 215 PM MST.

* At 136 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
  of Three Points, or 14 miles northwest of Green Valley, moving west
  at 20 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...
  Three Points.

This includes the following highways...
 Route 86 between mile markers 139 and 152.
 Route 286 between mile markers 32 and 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3204 11110 3186 11115 3191 11156 3214 11146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 103DEG 16KT 3197 11121 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AH
2 follow-up statements
429 
WWUS55 KTWC 222053
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
153 PM MST Thu Jul 22 2021

AZC019-222115-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210722T2115Z/
Pima-
153 PM MST Thu Jul 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MST
FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

At 153 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Three Points,
or 17 miles northwest of Green Valley, moving west at 20 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...
Three Points.

This includes the following highways...
 Route 86 between mile markers 140 and 152.
 Route 286 between mile markers 33 and 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3204 11112 3188 11117 3192 11154 3213 11145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 103DEG 16KT 3198 11127 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AH
221 
WWUS55 KTWC 222107
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
207 PM MST Thu Jul 22 2021

AZC019-222117-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210722T2115Z/
Pima-
207 PM MST Thu Jul 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 215 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.

LAT...LON 3204 11112 3188 11117 3192 11154 3213 11145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 103DEG 16KT 3199 11134 

$$

AH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz45 min
Jul 21, 6:35 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima55 min
Jul 21, 7:04 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima41 min
Jul 21, 9:02 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC43 min
Jul 22, 1:04 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz26 min
Jul 22, 2:34 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz26 min
Jul 22, 2:36 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCGraham, Pinal3 hr
Jul 22, 2:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz47 min
Jul 22, 2:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima39 min
Jul 22, 3:17 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal58 min
Jul 22, 3:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima27 min
Jul 22, 3:56 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal34 min
Jul 22, 4:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima59 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Jul 22, 4:35 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima2 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.