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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 29, 2021Cochise County, Graham County, Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 5:06 PM MST for Cochise County, Graham County, Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 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 29, 2021, 5:06 PM MST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2021-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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 2021-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

795 
WUUS55 KTWC 300006
SVRTWC
AZC003-009-019-300045-
/O.NEW.KTWC.SV.W.0095.210730T0006Z-210730T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
506 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
  Southwestern Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
  Northwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 545 PM MST.

* At 505 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 26 miles northwest
  of Willcox, 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...
  Muleshoe Ranch Preserve and Cascabel. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3251 11016 3231 11016 3228 11047 3254 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 092DEG 16KT 3240 11025 

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

RH
1 follow-up statement
999 
WWUS55 KTWC 300041
SVSTWC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
541 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

AZC003-009-019-300050-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210730T0045Z/
Pima-Graham-Cochise-
541 PM MST Thu Jul 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN PIMA...SOUTHWESTERN
GRAHAM AND NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES 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.

LAT...LON 3251 11016 3231 11016 3228 11047 3254 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 092DEG 16KT 3241 11043 

$$

RH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:29 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Jul 29, 6:33 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz117 min
Jul 29, 7:11 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Jul 29, 7:53 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima112 min
Jul 30, 2:38 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz52 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz38 min
Jul 30, 3:31 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz3 hr
Jul 30, 4:11 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz2 hr

Nearby

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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.