Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 8:04 PM MST for Pima County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 8:04 PM MST (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 8:45 PM MST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pima County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 6178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 300304 SVRTUS AZC019-023-300345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 804 PM MST WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HIGH WINDS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AT 800 PM MST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED INCREASING IN INTENSITY NEAR THE TOWNS OF SASABE, AND ARIVACA. SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WILL BE AFFECET WITH DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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 29, 3:13 PM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AZZ009-010-300015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 313 PM MST WED JUN 29 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ACTIVE IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 310 PM MST WEATHER RADAR...VISUAL OBSERVATIONS AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP PRIMARILY IN SOUTHERN COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES. ONE REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM FT. HUACHUCA OF 61 MPH WINDS REGISTERING AT ONE OF THERE WIND GUAGES 5 MILES EAST OF BENSON AT 245 PM. THIS STORM HAS SINCE DISSIPATED...BUT MANY OTHERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY AT 310 PM WAS JUST EAST OF FT. HUACHUCA AND SIERRA VISTA IN COCHISE COUNTY. MOST STORMS SEEM TO BE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH...ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON TAP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:16 PM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AZZ009-010-300015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 313 PM MST WED JUN 29 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ACTIVE IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 310 PM MST WEATHER RADAR...VISUAL OBSERVATIONS AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP PRIMARILY IN SOUTHERN COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES. ONE REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM FT. HUACHUCA OF 61 MPH WINDS REGISTERING AT ONE OF THERE WIND GUAGES 5 MILES EAST OF BENSON AT 245 PM. THIS STORM HAS SINCE DISSIPATED...BUT MANY OTHERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY AT 310 PM WAS JUST EAST OF FT. HUACHUCA AND SIERRA VISTA IN COCHISE COUNTY. MOST STORMS SEEM TO BE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH...ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON TAP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:40 PM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AZZ009-007-300345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 545 PM MST WED JUN 29 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASING IN SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES... AT 535 PM, RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY JUST NORTH OF NOGALES NEAR RIO RICO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE VIRTUALLY CENTERED ON INTERSTATE 19 AND SHOWED SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. ALSO, ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF TUCSON, DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG I-19 WAS ALSO INDICATED. THESE STORMS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE CAPAPBILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG, GUSTS OF WIND. SOME WIND AS HIGH AS 50 MPH HAD BEEN RECORDED AS OF 400 PM MST NEAR SIRRA VISTA FROM SIMILAR STORM ACTIVITY. THIS MEANS BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILIIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST, LIGHTNING AND SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF NOGALES. LOOK FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT EASTERN PIMA AND PSANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN FACED WITH THE THREAT OF ONCOMING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:45 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AZZ009-007-300345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 545 PM MST WED JUN 29 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASING IN SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES... AT 535 PM, RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY JUST NORTH OF NOGALES NEAR RIO RICO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE VIRTUALLY CENTERED ON INTERSTATE 19 AND SHOWED SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. ALSO, ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF TUCSON, DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG I-19 WAS ALSO INDICATED. THESE STORMS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE CAPAPBILITY TO PRODUCE STRONG, GUSTS OF WIND. SOME WIND AS HIGH AS 50 MPH HAD BEEN RECORDED AS OF 400 PM MST NEAR SIRRA VISTA FROM SIMILAR STORM ACTIVITY. THIS MEANS BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILIIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST, LIGHTNING AND SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS JUST NORTH OF NOGALES. LOOK FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT EASTERN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN FACED WITH THE THREAT OF ONCOMING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. CARTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.