Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1995, 8:02 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1995, 8:02 PM MST (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1995, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 120303 RRA SVRTUS AZC019-120400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 802 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL... AT 800 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN MIGUEL IN SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY. WITH THIS PERSISTANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 900 PM MST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 57 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. MEYER
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, 2:12 PM MST, 5 hours 50 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, 5 hours 4 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, 5 hours 2 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
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.