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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 30, 1994Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 4:08 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1994, 4:08 PM MST (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1994, 5:15 PM MST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Cochise 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, Jun 30, 2:40 PM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
AZZ009-010-007-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
240 PM MST THU JUN 30 1994

...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE AGAIN IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

AT 230 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IN THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY AND
OVER THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SIERRA VISTA.  THESE STORMS WILL
EXHIBIT CHARACTERISTICS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OF THE PAST THREE OR
FOUR DAYS.  THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS, SOME POSSIBLY OVER
50 MPH, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXHISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO SWELL WASHES
AND STREAM BEDS WITH SWIFT RUNNING WATER.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, PARTICULARLY NEAR
MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF EASTERN PIMA, SANTA CRUZ, AND COCHISE COUNTIES
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

FOURTH OF JULY CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF THE
HUACHUCAS, CHIRICAHUAS, SANTA RITA, SANTA CATALINA AND OTHER MOUNTAIN
RANGES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS
ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING OR YOUR AUTOMOBILE IF NECESSARY TO AVOID THESE DANGERS.
LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENTLY IN ORDER TO BE MADE AWARE
OF THUNDERSTORM LOCATIONS AND MOVEMENTS.

CARTER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:41 PM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AZZ009-010-007-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
240 PM MST THU JUN 30 1994

...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON THE INCREASE AGAIN IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

AT 230 PM, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IN THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY AND
OVER THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SIERRA VISTA.  THESE STORMS WILL
EXHIBIT CHARACTERISTICS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OF THE PAST THREE OR
FOUR DAYS.  THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS, SOME POSSIBLY OVER
50 MPH, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXHISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO SWELL WASHES
AND STREAM BEDS WITH SWIFT RUNNING WATER.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, PARTICULARLY NEAR
MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF EASTERN PIMA, SANTA CRUZ, AND COCHISE COUNTIES
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

FOURTH OF JULY CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF THE
HUACHUCAS, CHIRICAHUAS, SANTA RITA, SANTA CATALINA AND OTHER MOUNTAIN
RANGES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS
ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING OR YOUR AUTOMOBILE IF NECESSARY TO AVOID THESE DANGERS.
LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENTLY IN ORDER TO BE MADE AWARE
OF THUNDERSTORM LOCATIONS AND MOVEMENTS.

CARTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz41 min

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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.