Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Sep 6, 1995, 4:46 PM MST (23:46 UTC)

Expired

Sep 6, 1995, 5:45 PM MST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Pima County, AZ

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 062346
SVRTUS
AZC019-070045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
446 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GREATER TUCSON AREA.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MOST PORTIONS OF THE GREATER TUCSON AREA.
 
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 WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 6, 2:32 AM MST, 14 hours 14 minutes earlier.

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

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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