Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 7:30 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:30 PM MST (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochise County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTUS 280231 SVRTWC AZC003-280330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 730 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA ...SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY AT 727 PM MST, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH AND NORTHWEST. TOWNS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED: ALL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HARBOR DAMAGING WIND OF OVER 55 MPH WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL LIKELY. THE FIRST STORMS SHOULD REACH DOUGLAS IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. CARTER
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, Jun 27, 4:21 PM MST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 421 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 AT 410 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NEAR PATAGONIA AND THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAIN RANGE. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORM MOVEMENT WAS MAINLY STATIONARY, BUT WITH SOME REGENERATION OF ACTIVITY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ALSO INDICATED JUST WEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY MOVING, AND REGENERATING SLOWLY WEST. THIS COULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ELFRIDA AND TOMBSTONE. IF IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, EXPECT STRONG WIND GUSTS, BLOWING DUST, LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY FLYING DEBRIS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS AS WELL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP UNTIL THE LATE NIGHT HOURS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF COCHISE, ALL OF SANTA CRUZ AND ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF PIMA COUNTIES. CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:22 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 421 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 AT 410 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NEAR PATAGONIA AND THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAIN RANGE. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORM MOVEMENT WAS MAINLY STATIONARY, BUT WITH SOME REGENERATION OF ACTIVITY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ALSO INDICATED JUST WEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS MOVING, AND REGENERATING SLOWLY WEST. THIS COULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ELFRIDA AND TOMBSTONE. IF IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, EXPECT STRONG WIND GUSTS, BLOWING DUST, LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY FLYING DEBRIS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS AS WELL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP UNT IL THE LATE NIGHT HOURS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF COCHISE, ALL OF SANTA CRUZ AND ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF PIMA COUNTIES. CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:27 PM MST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-280130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 421 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 AT 410 PM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NEAR PATAGONIA AND THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAIN RANGE. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORM MOVEMENT WAS MAINLY STATIONARY, BUT WITH SOME REGENERATION OF ACTIVITY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS ALSO INDICATED JUST WEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY MOVING, AND REGENERATING SLOWLY WEST. THIS COULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ELFRIDA AND TOMBSTONE. IF IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, EXPECT STRONG WIND GUSTS, BLOWING DUST, LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY FLYING DEBRIS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS AS WELL. SEEK SHELTER IF IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE E XPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP UNTIL THE LATE NIGHT HOURS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF COCHISE, ALL OF SANTA CRUZ AND ALONG THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF PIMA COUNTIES. CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:15 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AZZ010-280315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 615 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 ...RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 605 PM, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS. ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COMPLEX WERE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WERE LAST CENTERED ON THE HIGHWAY 666 AND 181 JUNCTION. ONE WEATHER SPOTTER IN ELFRIDA, JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN BODY OF THUNDERSTORMS, REPORTED STRONWIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF BOUTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVRAINFALL. TOWNS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED ARE BENSON, ELFRIDA, WILCOX, SIERRA VISTA, PEARCE, GLEESON AND TOMBSTONE. ALSO TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BENSON AND WILCOX. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WIND, LIGHTNING, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND BLOWING DUST. BE AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER FROM AN ONCOMING THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:15 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AZZ010-280315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 615 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 ...RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 605 PM, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS. ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COMPLEX WERE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WERE LAST CENTERED ON THE HIGHWAY 666 AND 181 JUNCTION. ONE WEATHER SPOTTER IN ELFRIDA, JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN BODY OF THUNDERSTORMS, REPORTED STRONWIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF BOUTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVRAINFALL. TOWNS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED ARE BENSON, ELFRIDA, WILCOX, SIERRA VISTA, PEARCE, GLEESON AND TOMBSTONE. ALSO TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BENSON AND WILCOX. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WIND, LIGHTNING, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND BLOWING DUST. BE AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER FROM AN ONCOMING THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 7:25 PM MST, 5 minutes before
AZZ010-280315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 615 PM MST MON JUN 27 1994 ...RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 605 PM, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS INDICATED ON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS. ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COMPLEX WERE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WERE LAST CENTERED ON THE HIGHWAY 666 AND 181 JUNCTION. ONE WEATHER SPOTTER IN ELFRIDA, JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN BODY OF THUNDERSTORMS, REPORTED STRONWIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF BOUTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVRAINFALL. TOWNS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED ARE BENSON, ELFRIDA, WILCOX, SIERRA VISTA, PEARCE, GLEESON AND TOMBSTONE. ALSO TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BENSON AND WILCOX. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY STRONG GUSTY WIND, LIGHTNING, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND BLOWING DUST. BE AWARE OF THESE CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER FROM AN ONCOMING THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. CARTER
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.