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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2022, 4:23 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2022, 4:23 PM MST (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2022, 4:43 PM MST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 1:42 PM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:42 PM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tucson AZ 142 PM MST Thu Jul 14 2022 .SYNOPSIS...Above average heat will continue through the weekend as we see a daily chance of mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. && .DISCUSSION...Southeast AZ skies cleared nicely this morning under the subsidence region of a MCV that passed through and was helping trigger thunderstorms in northern sections of the state this afternoon. The combination of daytime heating and the influence from another MCV tracking northwest over the northern Gulf of California will aid in the development of thunderstorms the rest of today. The Tucson morning upper-air sounding showed a decent steering flow for thunderstorms today. The vertical wind profile should also support more organization in thunderstorms with decent coverage and individual storm motion generally from east to west at 10 to 20 mph. The sub-cloud layer remained rather dry so strong organized outflow winds producing blowing dust will be a concern again, especially near the Marana to Phoenix I-10 corridor. Also cannot rule out some brief heavy downpours and/or microbursts. A strong ridge of high pressure centered near the Four Corners will continue to result in a favorable flow pattern for daily chances of showers and thunderstorms. Ensembles favored an upswing in thunderstorm coverage late in the weekend and early next week as an inverted trough tracks westward through northern Mexico. High temperatures will likely lower a few degrees next week as deeper moisture returns and with the potential uptick in areal rainfall coverage. && .AVIATION...Valid through 16/00Z. ISOLD-SCT -SHRA/TSRA with CIGS 8-12k ft AGL possible this afternoon and evening, then again tomorrow. SFC winds generally less than 12 kts with the exception of gusty and erratic thunderstorm outflows. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF amendments. && .FIRE WEATHER...Temperatures will remain several degrees above average through the weekend with enough moisture for daily thunderstorm chances. Strong and erratic outflow winds from some storms. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 46 min | |
| Jul 14, 4:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 46 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.