Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Aug 14, 1996, 5:44 PM MST (00:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 1996, 6:45 PM MST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Pinal County, AZ

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KTUS 150043 RRA
SVRTUS
AZC021-150145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
544 PM MST WED AUG 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY 3 MILES NORTH OF ORACLE ALONG HIGHWAY 77.
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.
 
STORMS EARLIER TODAY PRODUCED A TORNADO OVER NORTHWEST TUCSON. OTHER
SPOTTERS REPORTED 1.0 INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND EXTREMELY
HEAVY RAIN.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION STAY INDOORS AND AVOID DRIVING. HEAVY RAINS
FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.
 
 
MCCOLLUM
&

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 2:30 PM MST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
220 PM MST WED AUG 14 1996

SPECIAL 19Z TUS SOUNDG CONFIRMS SVR POTENTIAL FOR TDA/TGNT.
LOADED GUN TYPE WITH WELL MIXED LOW LVL MSTR AND CAP AT 800 MB.
CONVECTIVE TEMP ARND 99-100...WITH CLEAR SKIES SHLD BE ABLE TO
REACH THIS. STEERING WINDS AT H5/H4 ELY 10-15 KTS TO HELP PUSH MT
TSTMS INTO THE VALLEYS.  NWLY WINDS AT UPR LVLS PUSHG ANVILS OFF
TO SE.  BEEFED UP POPS AND MENTIONED PSLB SVR LVLS TGNT.
THU/FRI...MODELS DRIFT UPR HI ARND NRN AZ THRU FCST PD...SO LTL
CHG IN BIG SCALE FEATURES.  WILL KEEP SCT IN ERN...AND WDLY SCT
IN WRN ZNS BOTH DAYS.  TEMPS WILL BE DIFFICULT TGNT AND THU.  IF
WE GET A PERSISTENT CLD SHXIELD LASTING OVRNGT INTO THE MRNG MAX
TEMPS MAY BE WAY DOWN.  SWING SHIFT MAY NEED TO ADJUST SOME
TEMPS. TUS  4232

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.