Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 6:13 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 6:13 PM MST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 7:15 PM MST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 140116 RRA SVRTUS AZC019-140215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 613 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...INCLUDING THREE POINTS... AT 613 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MERGING IN AN AREA ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON JUST SOUTHWEST OF THREE POINTS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 1:43 AM MST, 16 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 1:43 AM MST, 16 hours 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 230 AM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 STG UPR TROF PASSING THROUGH PAC NW BRINGS THE WESTERLIES INTO SRN AZ MON. HOWEVER MDLS INCREASE MSTR FM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 24 AND 48 HRS. THIS RATHER HARD TO UNDERSTAND. FOR TODAY PLENTY OF MSTR AND INSTBY FOR SCT TSTMS OVR SE AZ. EVEN IF WESTERLIES MAKE IT ALL THE WAY INTO SRN AZ MON BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LINGERING MSTR FOR WDLY SCT TSTMS. NEW MRF KEEPS MONSOON MSTR ACROSS SE AZ FOR MORE SCT AFTN/EVE TSTMS. TUS 333 COLLINS .TWC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 12:40 PM MST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-132040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1240 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1240 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLCOX EAST TO THE DOS CABEZOS MOUNTAINS EAST OF WILLCOX SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS TO NEAR DOUGLAS OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS WEST OF SIERRA VISTA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE WESTWARD OFF OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF WASHES...ROADS...AND LOW-LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. HOLBROOK
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:53 PM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 253 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR I-10 AT THE BORDER OF PIMA AND COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 248 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR EASTERN PIMA...WESTERN COCHISE AND NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM NOTED WAS NEAR HWY 82 IN NORTHEAST SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER I-10 AT THE BORDER OF PIMA AND COCHISE COUNTIES...SO DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN THESE AREAS. AT THE PRESENT TIME...RADAR INDICATES THE STRONGER OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS AFTERNOONS STORMS. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS POSSIBLE...SO STAY AWARE AND ALERT TO WHAT CAN BE A RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. MEYER bvhj:j WEST ISI`WWUSt NG WEATHER SYSTE7q4WSUS L6WWUS %x WUUS( :a`WWUS 66WWUSB @$WWUS ;6WWUSZ <qF6WWUSP 6WWUSn \WWUSNJ 0XWSUS f6WWUS y~WWUS 3U^WSUS 4=g6WWUS YB 132050 SP E40 BKN4 CB 830 AUS1 KAWN 13210009 LEMD 2130Z 2KT 9999 SCT040 00 28/10 Q1017 N= LEZG 2130Z 3L66WWUSj = LEZL 2130Z 2O6WWUS2 < NOSIG= LTAC 2 01008KT CAVOK 1 Q1018 NOSIG (WT@8 WUUS @ZWWCN< TINE WARNING ECTIVE UNTILY WTCAx pa`WWUSd `I7`WWUS
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 2:54 PM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AZZ009-010-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 253 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR I-10 AT THE BORDER OF PIMA AND COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 248 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR EASTERN PIMA...WESTERN COCHISE AND NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM NOTED WAS NEAR HWY 82 IN NORTHEAST SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER I-10 AT THE BORDER OF PIMA AND COCHISE COUNTIES...SO DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN THESE AREAS. AT THE PRESENT TIME...RADAR INDICATES THE STRONGER OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR 45 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS AFTERNOONS STORMS. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS POSSIBLE...SO STAY AWARE AND ALERT TO WHAT CAN BE A RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION. MEYER
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:46 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AZZ009-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 347 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...GUSTY WINDS HEADING TOWARD TUCSON... AT 345 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OUTFLOW WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING TUCSON FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS NEAR 40 MPH. SOUTHEAST TUCSON SHOULD SEE THIS WINDSHIFT FROM THE SOUTHEAST BY 400 PM. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED TO PUSH SLOWLY WESTWARD INTO EASTERN PIMA COUNTY WHICH NOW SEEMS TO BE BECOMING THE FOCUS OF ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. MEYER
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:47 PM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
AZZ009-132345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 347 PM MST SUN AUG 13 1995 ...GUSTY WINDS HEADING TOWARD TUCSON... AT 345 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OUTFLOW WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING TUCSON FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS NEAR 40 MPH. SOUTHEAST TUCSON SHOULD SEE THIS WINDSHIFT FROM THE SOUTHEAST BY 400 PM. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED TO PUSH SLOWLY WESTWARD INTO EASTERN PIMA COUNTY WHICH NOW SEEMS TO BE BECOMING THE FOCUS OF ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 65 min |
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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.