Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 2:35 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 2:35 PM MST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 3:09 PM MST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochise County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 132133 RRA SVRTUS AZC003-132215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 235 PM MST THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA ...SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY AT 230 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH HUACHUCA CITY AROUND 300 PM. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN SIERRA VISTA HAS REPORTED 3/8 INCH HAIL FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. CEC
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 13, 11:41 AM MST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AZZ009-010-131945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1142 AM MST THU JUL 13 1995 AT 1240 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AND NORTHERN MEXICO FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLAS TO THE NOGALES AREA WEST TO SELLS IN CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF NOGALES. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN THE TUCSON METROPOLITON AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:42 AM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AZZ009-010-131945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1142 AM MST THU JUL 13 1995 AT 1240 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AND NORTHERN MEXICO FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLAS TO THE NOGALES AREA WEST TO SELLS IN CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF NOGALES. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN THE TUCSON METROPOLITON AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:44 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1246 PM MST THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1235 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO STRENGHTEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILCOX...AND IN WESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NORTHWEST OF NOGLALES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10-15 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH FROM THESE STORMS IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HEAVY RA`IN WILL CAUSE WASHES TO FILL RAPIDLY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND SEEK SHELTER. CEC
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:46 PM MST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1246 PM MST THU JUL 13 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1235 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO STRENGHTEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILCOX...AND IN WESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NORTHWEST OF NOGLALES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10-15 MPH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH FROM THESE STORMS IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE WASHES TO FILL RAPIDLY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATNING WEATHER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND SEEK SHELTER. CEC
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:50 PM MST, 45 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 152 PM MST THU JUL 13 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 150 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COCHISE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLCOX. IN PIMA COUNTY A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON OVER THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 1.25 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS IN THE PAST HOUR. A SPOTTER AT CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING WEATHER AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND AS DRY WASHES CAN FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER. CEC
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:52 PM MST, 43 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 152 PM MST THU JUL 13 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 150 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COCHISE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLCOX. IN PIMA COUNTY A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON OVER THE SIERRITA MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 1.25 INCHES FROM THESE STORMS IN THE PAST HOUR. A SPOTTER AT CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING WEATHER AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND AS DRY WASHES CAN FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER. CEC
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.