Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 5:16 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1995, 5:16 PM MST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1995, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 090016 RRA SVRTUS AZC019-090100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 516 PM MST TUE AUG 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST TUCSON... AT 515 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST TUCSON IN THE VICINITY OF KOLB AND VALENCIA. BLOWING DUST WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO WAS REPORTED. 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. MCCOLLUM &
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, Aug 8, 1:12 PM MST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
AZZ009-010-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 113 PM MST MON AUG 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 106 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BENSON AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIO RICO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RESIDENTS OF BENSON AND RIO RICO AND MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR BENSON AND INTERSTATE 19 NEAR RIO RICO SHOULD PREPVARE FOR CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:07 PM MST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
AZZ009-010-082210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 207 PM MST TUE AUG 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTH-CENTRAL PIMA COUNTIES... AT 205 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUBAC AND NEAR SELLS. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF TUBAC AND SELLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. MOTORISTS ON THE AND INTERSTATE 19 BETWEEN AMADO AND CARMAN AND ON STATE ROUTE 86 NEAR SELLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST CAUSED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:08 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AZZ009-010-082210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 207 PM MST TUE AUG 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTH-CENTRAL PIMA COUNTIES... AT 205 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUBAC AND NEAR SELLS. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS OF TUBAC AND SELLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. MOTORISTS ON THE AND INTERSTATE 19 BETWEEN AMADO AND CARMAN AND ON STATE ROUTE 86 NEAR SELLS SHOULD PREPARE FOR LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST CAUSED BY THE GUSTY WINDS. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:34 PM MST, 42 minutes before
AZZ009-010-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 435 PM MST TUE AUG 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PIMA COUNTY... AT 425 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PORTIONS OF PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN PIMA COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 286 IN THE AREA OF BRAWLEY WASH AND OVER STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN AMADO AND ARIVACA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND BLOWING DUST. MOTORIST SHOULD PREPARE FOR CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR ESPECIALLY IN THE VICNITY OF HIGHWAY 286 AND STATE ROUTE 89 IN EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. MCCOLLUM
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:35 PM MST, 41 minutes before
AZZ009-010-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 435 PM MST TUE AUG 8 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PIMA COUNTY... AT 425 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS PORTIONS OF PIMA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN PIMA COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 286 IN THE AREA OF BRAWLEY WASH AND OVER STATE ROUTE 89 BETWEEN AMADO AND ARIVACA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND BLOWING DUST. MOTORIST SHOULD PREPARE FOR CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT HOUR ESPECIALLY IN THE VICNITY OF HIGHWAY 286 AND STATE ROUTE 89 IN EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. MCCOLLUM
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.