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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 13, 1994Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 5:00 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1994, 5:00 PM MST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1994, 6:00 PM MST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Pima County, AZ

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 13, 1:24 PM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
124 PM MST SAT AUG 13 1994

...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURING OVER COCHISE, SANTA
CRUZ, AND FAR EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...

AT 118 PM MST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION
SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS COCHISE, SANTA CRUZ,
AND FAR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURING
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOUGLAS AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT
HUACHUCA IN COCHISE COUNTY.  ANOTHER CELL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF NOGALES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.  LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL, STRONG GUSTY WIND, AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED.  A DOUGLAS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED
WIND GUSTS TO 29 MPH AT 1257 PM.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND IS
ANTICIPATED TO AFFECT EASTERN PIMA COUNTY, POSSIBLY INCLUDING THE
GREATER TUCSON AREA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

JAMES
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:25 PM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
124 PM MST SAT AUG 13 1994

...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURING OVER COCHISE, SANTA
CRUZ, AND FAR EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES...

AT 118 PM MST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION
SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS COCHISE, SANTA CRUZ,
AND FAR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY.  THE STRONGEST DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURING
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOUGLAS AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT
HUACHUCA IN COCHISE COUNTY.  ANOTHER CELL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH OF NOGALES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.  LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL, STRONG GUSTY WIND, AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE DETECTED.  A DOUGLAS WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED
WIND GUSTS TO 29 MPH AT 1257 PM.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND IS
ANTICIPATE|D TO AFFECT EASTERN PIMA COUNTY, POSSIBLY INCLUDING THE
GREATER TUCSON AREA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

JAMES

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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.