Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1995, 3:12 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1995, 3:12 PM MST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1995, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1018 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 302213 RRA SVRTUS AZC019-302300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 312 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY AT 310 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARANA NEAR AND ALONG I-10. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MARANA AREA BETWEEN 315 PM AND 330 PM. 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. COLLINS r
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.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 30, 9:10 AM MST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:10 AM MST, 6 hours 2 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 910 AM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 UPR HI CNTRD NR NRN PTN AZ/NM BDR THIS MRNG WITH NE-E AIRFLOW ALOFT. TUS SNDG THIS MRNG SHOWED A MOIST LAYER AROUND 550 MB BUT DRY IN THE LOW LVLS XCP FOR A THIN LAYER OF MSTR AT THE SFC AS INDICATED BY DEWPOINTS IN THE UPR 50S AT TUS. HOWEVER DEWPOINTS OVR OTHER STATIONS IN SE AZ IN THE MID 40S. LOOKS LIKE JUST ENOUGH MSTR AND INSTBY TDA FOR A FEW jHI BASED TSTMS. NOT MUCH CHG IN THE PATTERN MON WITH MSTR RMNG RATHER SKIMPY. 88D SHOWS AN AREA OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY JUST ACROSS THE BORDER FROM DUG MOVG NW. THIS WILL BEAR WATCHING. TUS 111 COLLINS .TWC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:41 PM MST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AZZ009-010-302045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1240 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 1235 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PATAGONIA...OVER MADERA CANYON 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN VALLEY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SONOITA...AND ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF KITT PEAK. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. COLLINS/SALTER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:52 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AZZ009-010-302045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1240 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 1235 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR PATAGONIA...OVER MADERA CANYON 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREEN VALLEY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SONOITA...AND ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF KITT PEAK. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. COLLINS/SALTER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:16 PM MST, 56 minutes before
AZZ009-010-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 216 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY... AT 215 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST TUCSON...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THREE POINTS... AND IN THE VICINITY OF VAIL. A WEATHER SPOTTER 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN TUCSON REPORTED UP TO HALF INCH HAIL AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE TUCSON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION AT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. COLLINS/SALTER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:17 PM MST, 55 minutes before
AZZ009-010-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 216 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY... AT 215 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST TUCSON...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THREE POINTS... AND IN THE VICINITY OF VAIL. A WEATHER SPOTTER 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN TUCSON REPORTED UP TO HALF INCH HAIL AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE TUCSON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION AT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. COLLINS/SALTER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:00 PM MST, 12 minutes before
AZZ009-007-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 300 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PIMA COUNTY... AT 255 TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOUNT LEMMON WESTWARD TO NEAR AJO...INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. A WEATHER SPOTTER AT RYAN FIELD AIRPORT IN SOUTHWEST TUCSON REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 55 MILES PER HOUR AT 230 PM...AND ALSO HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. COLLINS/SALTER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:01 PM MST, 11 minutes before
AZZ009-007-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 300 PM MST SUN JUL 30 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PIMA COUNTY... AT 255 TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOUNT LEMMON WESTWARD TO NEAR AJO...INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. A WEATHER SPOTTER AT RYAN FIELD AIRPORT IN SOUTHWEST TUCSON REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 55 MILES PER HOUR AT 230 PM...AND ALSO HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. PERSONS^ SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. COLLINS/SALTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 45 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.