Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1995, 1:40 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1995, 1:40 PM MST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1995, 2:25 PM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 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 102038 RRA SVRTUS AZC023-102125- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 140 PM MST THU AUG 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 225 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...NORTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AT 130 PM MST.. TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG TUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SONOTIA. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. 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.
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 Aug 9, 8:25 PM MST, 17 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 8:25 PM MST, 17 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 830 PM MST WED AUG 9 1995 ANOTHER DUD TODAY AS FAR AS THE MONSOON IS CONCERNED. A SPOTTER IN GREEN VALLEY HOWEVER RECEIVED 0.75 FROM A THUNDERSHOWER EARLIER THIS EVENING AND A AUTOMATED GAGE NEAR ORO VALLEY GOT .39. JUST NOT ANYTHING IN TUS. OUR 88D IS STILL DOWN. PHX 88D AND LIGHTNIN DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWING A FEW TSTMS IN EXTREME WESTERN PIMA COUNTY OTHERWISE NOTHING GOING ON IN OUR AREA. EVE ETA STILL INDICATED SELY FLOW INTO AREA WITH DECENT AMOUNT OF MSTR. HOWEVER HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS AND NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED. LOTS OF MSTR IN SRN AND CNTRL MEX AND TROPICAL STROM FLOSSIE JUST OFF CNTRL MEX CST. MAYBE THIS MSTR CAN WORK ITS WAY INTO AZ. WE CAN ONLY HOPE. FORECASTS FOR TOMORROW MIGHT HAVE TOO MUCH WEATHER AND TEMPS A LTL LOW BUT IF ITS SCALED BACK IT WILL SURE HIT US THEN. TUS 1232 COLLINS .TWC...NONE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:17 PM MST, 23 minutes before
AZZ009-112117- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 117 PM MST FRI AUG 10 1995 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS COCHISE AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES... AT 115 PM MST..TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS COCHISE AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. THESE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... NORTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:20 PM MST, 20 minutes before
AZZ009-112117- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 120 PM MST FRI AUG 10 1995 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS COCHISE AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES... AT 115 PM MST..TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS COCHISE AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. THESE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... NORTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY AND JUST WEST OF THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS GENERALLY TO THE WEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. GLUECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:18 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 3:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 44 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.