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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 6, 1996Pima County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 12:50 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz55 min
Sep 6, 3:30 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal60 min
Sep 6, 3:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal60 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.