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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 2, 2021

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 4:47 PM MST. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 2, 2021, 4:47 PM MST (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 5:30 PM MST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 719 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 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

140 
WWUS85 KTWC 022347
SPSTWC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
447 PM MST Mon Aug 2 2021
 
AZZ508-509-030030-
Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including
Clifton/Safford-Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet including
Douglas/Willcox-
447 PM MST Mon Aug 2 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM...
NORTHEASTERN COCHISE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENLEE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
MST...

At 447 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18
miles northeast of Bowie, or 21 miles southwest of Virden, moving
southeast at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
San Simon.

LAT...LON 3223 10935 3270 10949 3281 10924 3260 10905
      3230 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 329DEG 13KT 3257 10934 

$$

AH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC52 min
Aug 1, 6:03 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCGraham3 hr
Aug 1, 6:35 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCGraham3 hr
Aug 1, 6:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC31 min
Aug 1, 8:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise47 min
Aug 1, 8:40 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise2 hr
Aug 2, 12:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee47 min
Aug 2, 1:27 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee48 min
Aug 2, 2:26 PM MSTExcessive Heat WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal54 hr
Aug 2, 2:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise47 min
Aug 2, 2:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise40 min
Aug 2, 2:51 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise114 min
Aug 2, 3:20 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz115 min
Aug 2, 4:04 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGraham56 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise113 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.