Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1996, 3:45 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 25, 1996, 3:45 PM MST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1996, 4:15 PM MST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 4:25 PM MST | Hail 0.75 | Tucson, 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 Sep 25, 2:40 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 2:40 PM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 220 PM MST WED SEP 25 1996 VORT MAX TO EJECT EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL AZ THIS EVE. ACTIVE AFTN ACROSS FAR SE WITH A FEW STORMS GOING SEVERE. EXPECT WDLY SCT/SCT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THRU EARLY EVE. LOW-LEVEL DRYING TO OCCUR FROM SW TO NE ON THU WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN ZONE 25 FOR SCATTERED RW/TRW-. ELSEWHERE JUST HIGH CLOUDS WITH SOME CU IN EASTERN ZONES AS MOS DEWPTS STAYING IN 50S ON THU. 7H GRADS TIGHTEN ON THU AND CONTINUE FRI FOR WINDY ZONE 25 AND BREEZY AFTN/EVE ELSEWHERE. AVN AND ESPECIALLY NGM DEEPER AND FARTHER SW WITH WESTERN U.S. TROF THAN ETA. PREFER AVN/NGM AS PACIFIC RIDGE CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY AND BECOME POSITIVELY TITLED. THUS WILL CLOSELY FOLLOW MOS TEMPS AND GO FOR COOLER ON FRI WITH SLOW WARMING OVER THE WEEKEND. TUS 2000. COLLINS/SCHOWENGERDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 1:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 51 min |
| Sep 25, 1:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 64 min |
| Sep 25, 3:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 4:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.