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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 6, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 4:58 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2021, 4:58 PM MST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 5:30 PM MST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2021-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1100 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 2021-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
1100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

677 
WWUS85 KTWC 062358
SPSTWC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
458 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021
 
AZZ502-070030-
Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells-
458 PM MST Fri Aug 6 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Pima
County through 530 PM MST...

At 458 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southeast of Santa Rosa, or 16 miles north of Sells, moving
west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Ak Chin, No:ligk, Cababi, Comobabi, San Luis - Sells District and
Rincon.

This includes Route 86 between mile markers 92 and 104.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3230 11184 3205 11180 3200 11211 3230 11212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 082DEG 5KT 3216 11194 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

RH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 5:21 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima39 min
Aug 6, 12:52 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz38 min
Aug 6, 1:16 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Santa Cruz3 hr
Aug 6, 1:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz34 min
Aug 6, 1:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz47 min
Aug 6, 2:05 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz115 min
Aug 6, 2:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise31 min
Aug 6, 2:36 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima24 min
Aug 6, 2:43 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCGraham2 hr
Aug 6, 2:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham44 min
Aug 6, 2:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz24 min
Aug 6, 2:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz33 min
Aug 6, 3:00 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz2 hr
Aug 6, 3:10 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCSanta Cruz3 hr
Aug 6, 3:16 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima119 min
Aug 6, 3:26 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Aug 6, 3:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise29 min
Aug 6, 3:40 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise3 hr
Aug 6, 3:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz29 min
Aug 6, 3:57 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima, Santa Cruz4 hr
Aug 6, 3:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise46 min
Aug 6, 4:12 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Aug 6, 4:19 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise116 min
Aug 6, 4:55 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 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.