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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 26, 1987Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1987, 3:50 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 70 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 1987, 3:50 PM MST (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 1987, 5:00 PM MST
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Whole counties

County Santa Cruz 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 26, 1:46 PM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
145 PM MST WED AUG 26 1987

AT 140 PM THE GREEN VALLEY PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF SUB STATION REPORTED
A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARIVACA...SASABE AND SAN MIGUEL IN SOUTH
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. TUCSON RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING THROUGH PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES AT THIS TIME
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARIVACA. THESE STORMS SHOW
LITTLE MOVEMENT AT THIS TIME.

MOTORISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES  SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION.

NWS TUS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 2:50 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	70 min

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.