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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 5:28 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 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 8, 2021, 5:28 PM MST (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 6:15 PM MST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
146
WWUS85 KTWC 090028
SPSTWC
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
528 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021
AZZ507-508-513-090115-
Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra
Vista/Benson-Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including
Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon-Eastern Cochise County Below 5000
Feet including Douglas/Willcox-
528 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Cochise
County through 615 PM MST...
At 528 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pearce-Sunsites to 15 miles northwest of
Bisbee-Douglas Airport. Movement was northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Pearce-Sunsites, Elfrida and Sunizona.
This includes the following highways...
Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 41.
Route 191 between mile markers 20 and 39, and between mile markers
42 and 47.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3196 10993 3168 10994 3161 10963 3188 10964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 114DEG 8KT 3193 10985 3165 10976
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 5:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:51 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 6:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 6:10 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 6:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 20 min |
| Aug 8, 6:19 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 6:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:46 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:56 PM MST | Dust Storm Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Pinal | 70 min |
| Aug 8, 8:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 9:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 117 min |
| Aug 8, 9:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 2 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.