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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 7:15 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 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, 7:15 PM MST (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
268 WWUS85 KTWC 030215 SPSTWC Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 715 PM MST Mon Aug 2 2021 AZZ504-507-513-030300- Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson-Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon-Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail- 715 PM MST Mon Aug 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PIMA AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MST... At 714 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Vail, or 17 miles west of Benson, moving south at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and peasized hail will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Vail, Sonoita, Elgin and Madera Canyon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3200 11072 3198 11048 3168 11047 3171 11088 TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 007DEG 10KT 3193 11062 $$ AH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 5:33 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 5:58 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:24 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 59 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 6:55 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:06 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 7:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 7:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 50 min | |
| Aug 2, 7:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 8:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 8:14 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 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.