Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1996, 3:30 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 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, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1996, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 2:26 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 2:26 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 230 PM MST FRI SEP 6 1996 RATHER BUSY AFTN...MODELS JUST DONT HAVE A HANDLE ON MSTR PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH. IT LUKS LIKE LEADING EDGE MSTR FROM ELIDA...AND THIS SHOULD KEEP US MOIST NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SO WILL KEEP SCT STORMS IN NEXT FEW DAYS. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN SAT AND SUN BUT WILL NOT WORD THIS IN ZONES YET SINCE DONT KNOW HOW MUCH OF ELIDA MSTR WILL WORK INTO THIS AREA. LA PAZ SOUNDING SHOWED LOTS OF MSTR. TUS 4333. 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, 12:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 3:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 60 min |
Nearby
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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.