Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 4:06 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1995, 4:06 PM MST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1995, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 192307 SVRTUS AZC019-200000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 406 PM MST SAT AUG 19 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 SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TUCSON AREA... AT 407 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH TUCSON EXTENDING TO GREEN VALLEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH TOWARD DOWNTOWN TUCSON...SAHUARITA AND GREEN VALLEY. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SALTER/BRIGHT
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 19, 1:07 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:07 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 110 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 88D SHOWING TSTM ACTIVITY OVER CNTRL AND ERN COCHISE COUNTY ATTM MOVG NWD. NOT MUCH DEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE IN OUR CWA BUT EXPECT TSTM ACTIVITY TO EXPLODE A LITTLE LATER THIS AFTN WHEN CAP IS BROKEN AS TUS SOUNDING MODIFIED FOR CURRENT TEMP AND DEW POINT HAS A CAPE OF 2500 AND LI OF -5. THIS MOIST AND UNSTBL REGIME WILL CONT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE" AS MOIST SELY FLOW TO CONTINUE. MAIN PROBLEM WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINS AS PW WAS NEARLY 2 INCHES THIS MRNG. TUS 5454. COLLINS .TWC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:42 PM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AZZ010-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 142 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING COCHISE... AT 145 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING COCHISE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF COCHISE BY 200 PM...WITH WINDS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM IS ALSO AFFECTING ARIZONA HIGHWAY 191. BRIGHT/SALTER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:43 PM MST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AZZ010-192130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 142 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING COCHISE... AT 145 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING COCHISE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF COCHISE BY 200 PM...WITH WINDS TO 50 MILES PER HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS STORM INS ALSO AFFECTING ARIZONA HIGHWAY 191. BRIGHT/SALTER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:11 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AZZ007-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 211 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 210 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER THE AJO AREA IN WESTERN PIMA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE CITY OF AJO UNTIL UNTIL 230 PM...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM ALSO AFFECTS TRAVELERS ALONG ARIZONA HIGHWAY 85. SALTER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:28 PM MST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AZZ009-010-007-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 228 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 225 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM BOWIE TO BENSON ALONG INTERSTATE 10... AND IN WESTERN PIMA COUNTY NORTHWEST OF AJO. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 ARE NEAR 1 INCH TO 1.5 INCHES SINCE 130 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS DURING THREATENING WEATHER SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS AND WASHES. SALTER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:00 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AZZ009-010-007-192245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 300 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 255 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDER- STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEST ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM EAST OF REDINGTON TO SAINT DAVID IN WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...NEAR SAN SIMON IN NORTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY... AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VAIL IN EASTERN PIMA COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS ARE NEAR 1.5 INCHES. LIGHTNING DETECTION SHOWED FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM ALL OF THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL... FREQUENT LIGHTINING AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS IN THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. SALTER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:29 PM MST, 37 minutes before
AZZ009-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 329 PM MST SAT AUG 19 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE GREATER TUCSON AREA... AT 325 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE GREATER TUCSON AREA...INCLUDING THE CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THE TUCSON AREA SHOULD EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. SALTER
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.