Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1995, 3:45 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 1995, 3:45 PM MST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1995, 4:45 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 052246 RRA SVRTUS AZC023-052345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 345 PM MST TUE SEP 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...SOUTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...INCLUDING NOGALES... AT 345 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR NOGALES...FROM NORTHERN MEXICO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 445 PM MST. 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 WHPERE 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, Sep 5, 12:54 PM MST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AZZ009-010-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1254 PM MST TUE SEP 5 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1250 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST SANTA CRUZ...SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. SALTER/MEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 12:54 PM MST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AZZ009-010-052100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1254 PM MST TUE SEP 5 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1250 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST SANTA CRUZ...SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA. THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. SALTER/MEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 2:08 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AZZ009-010-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 208 PM MST TUE SEP 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... AT 205 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THIS STORM IS 2 MILES SOUTH OF PATAGONIA AND IS AFFECTING ARIZONA HIGHWAY 82. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR 45 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR...AND IS GENERATING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA. SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SALTER/MEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:34 PM MST, 11 minutes before
AZZ009-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 335 PM MST TUE SEP 5 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CATALINA IN NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY... AT 335 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF CATALINA NEAR HWY 77 IN NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS STORM MAY GENERATE STRONG WINDS NEAR 40 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF HWY 77 BETWEEN ORO VALLEYB AND CATALINA...AND DIMINISHED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST OR HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT. MEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:35 PM MST, 10 minutes before
AZZ009-052315-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
335 PM MST TUE SEP 5 1995
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CATALINA IN NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY...
AT 335 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
JUST SOUTH OF CATALINA NEAR HWY 77 IN NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY. STORM
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY GENERATE STRONG WINDS NEAR 40 MPH IN THE VICINITY
OF HWY 77 BETWEEN ORO VALLEY AND CATALINA...AND DIMINISHED VISIBILITIES
DUE TO BLOWING DUST OR HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT.
MEYER
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Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 67 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.