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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 24, 1988Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1988, 4:30 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1988, 4:30 PM MST (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1988, 4:30 PM MST
In force
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 nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1988-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1988-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
2761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jul 24, 3:45 PM MST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
330 PM MST SUN JUL 24 1988

RADAR IN TUCSON SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER COCHISE COUNTY IN
THE LAST HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF DOUGLAS...
NORTHEAST OF FORT HUACHUCA AND NORTHWEST OF WILCOX. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.

PERSONS IN EXPOSED AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AND
MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF F4LOODED ROADWAYS.
HIGHWAYS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES MAY FLOOD.

NORDQUIST

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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.