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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 6, 1995Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 3:36 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 3:36 PM MST (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 4:30 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, 10.6 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1909 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
1909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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 062235 RRA
SVRTUS
AZC019-062330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
336 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY
 
AT 332 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY OVER THE SIERRITA
MOUNTAINS.
 
MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 57
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YO,UR 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.
 
COLLINS

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 Sep 6, 2:32 AM MST, 13 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 2:32 AM MST, 13 hours 4 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
230 AM MST WED SEP 6 1995

AT 09Z...CONVECTION DIED OUT...ONLY MID AND HI CLDS LEFT
OVER SE AZ.  AMS OVR SE AZ STILL MOIST...THOUGH NOT LIKE
YDA. DEW POINTS AT DUG INCRG TO 62.  UPR LVL HI TO REMAIN
OVR E CNTRL NM WED WITH WK E-SE FLOW ALF.  WATER VAPOR
LOOP SHOWS MSTR PLUME FROM HENRIETTE SHEARING OUT TO SW
AND NE. NE BRANCH CONCENTRATED OVR S CA/ W AZ AND
APPEARS TO BE CAUGHT UP IN SW FLOW AHEAD OF PAC TROF.
THE QUESTION IS HOW QUICKLY THIS MSTR WILL MOV OUT OF
THE AREA.  AIR MASS OVR NM, TX, AND SONORA IS DRIER...
BUT NOT DARK ON WATER VAPOR LOOP.  ENUF MSTR WED FOR
WDLY SCT TSTMS...WITH PERHAPS MORE ACTIVITY IN ZONEX 10
THAN YDA.  BY THU...HI DROPS TO SW NM AND WEAKENS
A BIT. THIS TURNS FLOW A BIT MORE SLY. TUS 222.

.TUS...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 3:26 PM MST, 10 minutes before
AZZ009-010-062330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
326 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA...

AT 325 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE TOWN OF CATALINA SOUTHEAST
TO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BENSON THEN SOUTHWEST TO PATAGONIA
AND ARIVACA JUNCTION.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL.

COLLINS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 2:20 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz40 min
Sep 6, 4:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima59 min

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.