Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Aug 17, 1996, 6:45 PM MST (01:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1996, 7:15 PM MST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Cochise County, 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.

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TTAA00 KTUS 180142
SVRTUS
AZC003-180215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
645 PM MST SAT AUG 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM MST..TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELFRIDA AND WILL AFFECT ELFRIDA OVER THE NEXT
15 TO 30 MINUTES. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER
NEAR ELFRIDA. THE STORM IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
5 MILES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
GLUECK

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 2:09 PM MST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
200 PM MST SAT AUG 17 1996

GULF SURGE MSTR HAS MOVD INTO SE AZ AS TUS HAS HELD UPR 50
DEWPOINT EVEN THO AM SOUNDING ONLY SHOWED 50 OR SO DEWPOINT IF
WE MIXED. WITH NRLY UPR LVL WNDS AND DIV ALOFT STORMS SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GO SEVERE. FOR SUN...IF TODAY IS BIG EVENT IT SHOULD BE
AN OFF DAY BUT WITH S/W TROF PASSING BY THE NORTH AND LOTSA MSTR
JUST TO OUR SOUTH GENERAL ALTHOUGH WEAKER STORMS MAY BE IN AREA.
SO WILL KEEP POPS UP BUT MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL BE AN OFF DAY.
IF SO...MON MAY BE BACK TO NORMAL.

SO NOW ITS JUST SIT AND WATCH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTN. RADAR IS
BACK BUT UNRELIABLE. THANX TO PHX AND FLG FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON
THINGS AND SINCE RADAR WILL BE OUT THRU MON WILL SEND THEM SOME
VISINE. TUS 4444. HOLBROOK

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.