Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1995, 4:03 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1995, 4:03 PM MST (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1995, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochise County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 112306 COR SVRTUS AZC003-120000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 403 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA ...WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY AT 402 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH. THE LOCATIONS OF BENSON...ST.DAVID...REDINGTON...SIERRA VISTA AND TOMBSTONE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPHZ...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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:17 PM MST, 2 hours 46 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 CO4NTINUE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:22 PM MST, 2 hours 41 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. SOUTHEAST6 ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:12 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AZZ009-010-112210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 210 PM MST FRI AUG 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST SANTA CRUZ COUNTY NEAR SONOITA... AT 205 PM MST..TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN PROGRESS NEAR SONOITA. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS IN PROGRESS NORTH OF PATAGONIA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES SOUTH OF SONOITA. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND WASHES. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL BRING IT INTO SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF COCHISE COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENSON AND 15 MILES EAST OF TOMBSTONE. GLUECK
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:58 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AZZ010-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 300 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDESTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN PIMA AND COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 250 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY NEAR REDINGTON SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY EAST OF BENSON...TOMBSTONE AND SIERRA VISTA. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS TO THE WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR DETECTED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WERE RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA OF EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND MUCH OF CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH THESE STORMS. IF A STORM IS APPROACHING YOUR AREA REMAIN INDOORS AND AVOID DRIVING. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND WILL LIKELY LEAVE LOW SPOTS...ROADWAYS AND WASHES WATER FILLED. MCCOLLUM
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 3:00 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AZZ010-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 300 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 ...STRONG THUNDESTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN PIMA AND COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 250 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY NEAR REDINGTON SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY EAST OF BENSON...TOMBSTONE AND SIERRA VISTA. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS TO THE WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. RADAR DETECTED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WERE RANGING FROM 0.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA OF EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND MUCH OF CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND WITH THESE STORMS. IF A STORM IS APPROACHING YOUR AREA REMAIN INDOORS AND AVOID DRIVING. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND WILL LIKELY LEAVE LOW SPOTS...ROADWAYS AND WASHES WATER FILLED. MCCOLLUM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 7:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 2:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 85 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.