Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 1995, 11:41 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 1995, 11:41 PM MST (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1995, 12:30 AM MST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 280643 RRA SVRTUS AZC019-280730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1141 PM MST WED SEP 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY AT 1140 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTH OF SELLS AND NEAR SASABE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SELLS...SASABE AND ARIVACA AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. 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.
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 27, 5:55 PM MST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
AZZ009-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 553 PM MST WED SEP 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER I-10 NORTHWEST OF TUCSON... AT 552 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FORMING OVER I-10 JUST NORTHWEST OF TUCSON...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS MOVING OVER I-10 NEAR THE PIMA/PINAL COUNTY LINE. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 15 MPH. MOTORISTS MOVING THROUGH THESE AREAS OF I-10 MAY EXPERIENCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 11:09 PM MST, 32 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-280810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1109 PM MST WED SEP 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN MEXICO... AT 1110 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN MEXICO FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER JUST SOUTH OF SELLS EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF NOGALES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND ARE INCREASING IN BOTH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SELLS AND NOGALES AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. HOLBROOK WTPN32PGTW
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 11:12 PM MST, 29 minutes before
AZZ007-009-010-280810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1109 PM MST WED SEP 27 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN MEXICO... AT 1110 PM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN MEXICO FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER JUST SOUTH OF SELLS EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF NOGALES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND ARE INCREASING IN BOTH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE SELLS AND NOGALES AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. HOLBROOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 5:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 65 min |
| Sep 28, 12:01 AM MST | Tornado Warning | TWC | Pima | 29 min |
| Sep 28, 12:17 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 43 min |
| Sep 28, 12:32 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 43 min |
| Sep 28, 12:52 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 68 min |
| Sep 28, 1:00 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Sep 28, 1:31 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 119 min |
| Sep 28, 1:55 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 50 min |
| Sep 28, 2:44 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 46 min |
| Sep 28, 3:31 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 119 min |
| Sep 28, 4:41 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 64 min |
| Sep 28, 6:15 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:25 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 50 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.