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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 28, 2021Graham County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2021, 2:13 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 28, 2021, 2:13 PM MST (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2021, 3:15 PM MST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

County Graham County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WWUS85 KTWC 282113
SPSTWC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
213 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021
 
AZZ509-510-282215-
Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford-White
Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties including Hannagan Meadow-
213 PM MST Mon Jun 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAHAM AND CENTRAL
GREENLEE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MST...

At 211 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong 
thunderstorm near Morenci and Clifton, moving southwest at 20 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Safford, Clifton, Thatcher, Solomon, Morenci, Safford Regional
Airport, Duncan and Guthrie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio 
stations and available television stations for additional 
information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 10994 3325 10944 3312 10904 3268 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 030DEG 18KT 3306 10931 

$$

Meyer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:50 AM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal10 hr
Jun 28, 3:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGraham60 min
Jun 28, 3:37 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham38 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.