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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 31, 1996Greenlee County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1996, 4:09 PM MST for Greenlee County, Arizona. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 1996, 4:09 PM MST (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 1996, 5:15 PM MST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Whole counties

County Greenlee County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 31, 2:28 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:28 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
225 PM MST SAT AUG 31 1996

STLT PICS THIS AFTN SHOWG ISOLD TRW- DVLPG ACRS NRN ZN25 AND ACRS
ERN AND SWRN ZN26. AMS VRY UNSTBL EVEN WITH ALL THE MID-LVL
DRYING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE PAST 24 HRS. STUBBORN LOW-LVL MSTR
CONTS WITH DWPTS MOST LCTNS IN THE 60S. AGREE WITH PHX THAT THEIR
CONTS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR VRY STG TRW- TNGT..ALTHO AREAL WL BE
ISOLD. ALREADY SEEING POTENTIAL WI\TH VRY STG TRW- S OF HUACHUCAS
IN NRN MEX. SEE NO CHGS NXT 2 DAYS WITH ISOLD/WDLY SCT TRW- CONTG
WITH LOW-LVL MSTR STAYING ARND. UPR HI SRN CA MOVG ACRS SRN AZ
SUN INTO SWRN NM ON MON WITH A RETURN TO SLY FLO. TUS 111. GLUECK

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.