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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 8, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 6:13 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 8, 2021, 6:13 PM MST (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 6:45 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WWUS85 KTWC 090113
SPSTWC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
613 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021
 
AZZ502-504-505-090145-
Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells-Tucson Metro Area including
Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail-South Central Pinal County including
Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park-
613 PM MST Sun Aug 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Pima
and southwestern Pinal Counties through 645 PM MST...

At 613 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17
miles east of Santa Rosa, or 34 miles south of Casa Grande, moving
southeast at 10 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...
North Komelik.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3258 11165 3229 11156 3223 11189 3253 11196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 316DEG 8KT 3241 11176 

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 8, 5:03 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise42 min
Aug 8, 5:18 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz27 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima38 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise38 min
Aug 8, 5:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise47 min
Aug 8, 5:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima24 min
Aug 8, 6:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise66 min
Aug 8, 6:10 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Aug 8, 6:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise20 min
Aug 8, 6:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima41 min
Aug 8, 6:37 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise5 hr
Aug 8, 6:46 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise5 hr
Aug 8, 6:56 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCCochise, Pima, Pinal70 min
Aug 8, 8:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz45 min
Aug 8, 9:03 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima117 min
Aug 8, 9:28 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Pima, Santa Cruz2 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.