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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 28, 1996Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1996, 3:23 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 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
Jul 28, 1996, 3:23 PM MST (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1996, 4:30 PM MST
In force
67 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 22:27 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 Jul 28, 2:20 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:20 PM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:49 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima71 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.