Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1988
44 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1988. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 44
- Busiest month
- July21 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 30, 19886 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:32 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 5:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 116 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:51 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 4:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 5:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Mohave | 88 min |
| Jul 23, 7:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 7:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 4:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | |
| Jul 24, 7:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | |
| Jul 25, 4:19 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma | 116 min |
| Jul 25, 10:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 7:28 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 10:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 110 min |
| Jul 29, 2:41 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 5:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Maricopa | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 5:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 6:18 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 7:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 8:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 7:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 7:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 4:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 2:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 4:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 4:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 66 min |
| Aug 23, 6:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 66 min |
| Aug 23, 6:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 1:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 3:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | |
| Aug 24, 5:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 2:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 2:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Maricopa | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 5:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 1:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 92 min |
| Aug 27, 3:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 68 min |
| Aug 27, 5:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | |
| Aug 28, 7:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 8:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 9:05 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 55 min |
| Oct 16, 6:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 105 min |
| Oct 16, 7:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.