Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 1:05 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 1:05 PM MST (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 1:45 PM MST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 122003 RRA SVRTUS AZC023-122045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 105 PM MST WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AT 102 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PATAGONIA NEAR HIGHWAY 83...OR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NOGALES. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THE BOG HOLE WILDERNESS AREA IS NEAR THE CENTER OF THIS STORM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. MOVE TO HIGHER AREA IF NEAR A WASH OR STREAM BED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOURB HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DRB
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 Jul 11, 1:31 PM MST, 23 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:31 PM MST, 23 hours 34 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 130 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 88D SHOWING A FEW STG CELLS JUST S OF TUS MOVG NW. ISSUED SPS ON THIS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OUT AFTER SUNSET. TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE EVEN MORE ACTIVE. AVN CONTS TO BE THE DRIEST WITH THE NGM AGAIN THE WETTEST. WL GO WITH COMPROMISE ETA WHICH VERIFED WELL FROM YESTERDAY. MSTR BAND IN WRN AZ TO MOV INTO ERN AZ WED AFTN FOR SCATTERED TSTM ACTIVITY. THIS WILL CONT INTO THU. COULD BE SOME HEAVY RAINS ASSOC WITH THESE STORMS AS AMS PRETTY MOIST. TUS 2343. COLLINS .TWC...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:13 AM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AZZ009-010-121915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1113 AM MST WED JUL 12 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY... AT 11 AM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF GREEN VALLEY AND 1-19 AROUND 1030 AM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PATAGONIA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 82 AROUND 1120 AM MST. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CEC
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:15 AM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AZZ009-010-121915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA...CORRECTED TIME IN 2ND 1113 AM MST WED JUL 12 1995 PARAGRAPH... ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY... AT 11 AM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF GREEN VALLEY AND 1-19 AROUND 1130 AM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PATAGONIA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 82 AROUND 1120 AM MST. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CEC
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:15 AM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AZZ009-010-121915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA...CORRECTED TIME IN 2ND 1113 AM MST WED JUL 12 1995 PARAGRAPH... ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY... AT 11 AM MST TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF GREEN VALLEY AND 1-19 AROUND 1130 AM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PATAGONIA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 82 AROUND 1120 AM MST. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CEC
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:07 PM MST, 58 minutes before
AZZ009-010-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1207 PM MST WED JUL 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RADIPLY OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1205 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SANTA CRUZ...SOUTHERN PIMA...AND FAR EASTERN COCHISE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS... 10 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY...NEAR ELGIN ON THE COCHISE..PIMA COUNTY BORDER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY FROM AROUND SELLS AND PAN TAK EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO INTERSTATE 19 IN SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. DRB WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:08 PM MST, 57 minutes before
AZZ009-010-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1207 PM MST WED JUL 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RADIPLY OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1205 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SANTA CRUZ...SOUTHERN PIMA...AND FAR EASTERN COCHISE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS... 10 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY...NEAR ELGIN ON THE COCHISE..PIMA COUNTY BORDER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY FROM AROUND SELLS AND PAN TAK EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO INTERSTATE 19 IN SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. DRB WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 12:10 PM MST, 55 minutes before
AZZ009-010-122000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1207 PM MST WED JUL 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RADIPLY OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... AT 1205 PM...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF SANTA CRUZ...SOUTHERN PIMA...AND FAR EASTERN COCHISE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS... 10 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF GREEN VALLEY...NEAR ELGIN ON THE COCHISE..PIMA COUNTY BORDER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST PIMA COUNTY FROM AROUND SELLS AND PAN TAK EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO INTERSTATE 19 IN SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 64 min |
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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.