Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1986, 7:00 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1986, 7:00 PM MST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1986, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 180211 RRA SVRTUS AZC019-180200- BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 700 PM MST SUN AUG 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSEUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA..PIMA AT 700 PM THE TUCSON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDING FROM SAN MANUEL SOUTHWARD ALONG THE RINCON MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN PIMA COUNTY LINE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE..IS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR..SO THE LINE SHOULD TRACK THROUGH THE GREATER TUCSON AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PEOPLE NEAR SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY AND DAMANGING WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HAIL..AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WASHES..STREETS..ROADWAY DIPS..AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. SMITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:47 PM MST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 540 PM MST SUN AUG 17 1986 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA AT 535 PM. HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE BETWEEN BENSON AND TOMBSTONE WESTWARD TO THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NOGALES. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE WEST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS WESTWARD MOVEMENT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD MOVE INTO THE GREATER TUCSON AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS IN AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING OF HIGHWAY DIPS..WASHES..AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. q WEBER
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:46 PM MST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 635 PM MST SUN AUG 17 1986 AT 630PM THE WEATHER RADAR IN TUCSON DETECTED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PIMA COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COCHISE COUNTY SOUTHWARD IN COCHISE COUNTY TO THE TOMBSTONE AREA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CASABEL..BENSON..AND TOMBSTONE IN COCHISE COUNTY AND NEAR REDINGTON IN PIMA COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS WEST NORHTWEST MOVEMENT IT IS PROBABLE THAT SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE GREATER TUCSON AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PERSONS NEAR HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WIND..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HIGHWAY DIPS..WASHES..AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SMITH
Nearby
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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.