Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1995, 6:41 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1995, 6:41 PM MST (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1995, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 190141 RRA SVRTUS AZC023-003-190200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 641 PM MST MON SEP 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...SOUTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA ...SOUTHERN COCHISE COUNTY TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF BISBEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AT 615 PM...AN UNOFFICIAL GAGE IN THIS AREA REPORTED STRONG WINDS OF 84 MPH. 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 COVERXS THE ROAD. T
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 18, 12:50 PM MST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
AZZ009-182045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1250 PM MST MON SEP 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTROM WEST OF GREEN VALLEY... AT 1245 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF GREEN VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREEN VALLEY AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SO RESIDENTS OF GREEN VALLEY AND MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 19 SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JRG
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 12:50 PM MST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
AZZ009-182045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1250 PM MST MON SEP 18 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTROM WEST OF GREEN VALLEY... AT 1245 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF GREEN VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREEN VALLEY AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SO RESIDENTS OF GREEN VALLEY AND MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 19 SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JRG
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:45 PM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 145 PM MST MON SEP 18 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA... AT 143 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED INCREASING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...AND ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST WEST OF DOUGLAS IN COCHISE COUNTY. STORM MOVEMENT IS GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ARB
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:25 PM MST, 16 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-190225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 625 PM MST MON SEP 18 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... AT 625 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF PIMA...SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES BETWEEN BISBEE AND PATAGONIA. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER 12 MILES SOUTH OF SIERRA VISTA HAS REPORTED .45 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. T
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 5:04 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 11 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.