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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 29, 1995Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1995, 6:23 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 52 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1995, 6:23 PM MST (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1995, 7:15 PM MST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Pima County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 1995-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 1995-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 300126 RRA
SVRTUS
AZC019-300215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
623 PM MST TUE AUG 29 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
 
   ...WESTERN PIMA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE ORGAN PIPE CACTUS
NATIONAL MONUMENT AREA...
 
AT 623 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN FAR WESTERN PIMA COUNTY...FROM THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF ORGAN
PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT EXTENDING TO NEAR THE PIMA/YUMA COUNTY
BORDER.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
MEYER

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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.