Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1996, 12:50 PM MST for Pima County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 55 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
- Sep 6, 1996, 12:50 PM MST (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1996, 1:45 PM MST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pima County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 Sep 6, 9:26 AM MST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:26 AM MST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 900 AM MST FRI SEP 6 1996 STORMS DOWN IN MEX ARE ALONG LEADING EDGE OF MSTR OFF OF ELIDA. LIS IN MEX IN THAT AREA ARE BY SATELLITE -7 OR SO. ACTIVITY/MSTR MOVG N AT 10 KNOTS AND MAY MOVE INTO SE AZ THIS EVENING. TUS SOUNDING THIS MORNING SHOWS CAP HAS WEAKENED SOME BUT STILL MAY BE TOO STRONG FOR DEEP CONVECTION THIS AFTN BUT MSTR MOVG IN FROM SOUTH WILL BE A CAP BUSTER. QUESTION IS TIMING...STORMS TO THE SOUTH ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BEHIND LEADING EDGE OF MSTR. WILL UP POPS ALONG BORDER AREAS...THO DUG MAY BE TOO FAR EAST TO SEE MSTR. TUS FALLS INTO 00Z TRAP AND WILL PREFER TO KEEP POPS THE SAME. UPR LVL DIV STILL IN PLACE TO AID STORMS IF THEY DEVELOP. TUS 242. HOLBROOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 12:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 3:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 3:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.