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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 4, 1996Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1996, 5:07 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 1996, 5:07 PM MST (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 1996, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 4, 5:15 PM MST	Thunderstorm Wind 64	Ne Santa Cruz County, AZ
Jul 4, 5:25 PM MST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Sonoita, AZ
Jul 4, 5:30 PM MST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Elgin, AZ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 4, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 1:28 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	47 min
Jul 5, 2:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	67 min
Jul 5, 3:45 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	60 min
Jul 5, 3:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.