Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 1995, 12:52 AM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1995, 12:52 AM MST (07:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1995, 2:00 AM MST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochise County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 11:09 PM MST, 1 hour 43 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, 1 hour 40 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 27, 11:41 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 49 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, 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.