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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 20, 1996Graham County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1996, 6:04 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 20, 1996, 6:04 PM MST (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 1996, 6:30 PM MST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Graham County, AZ

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 Aug 20, 2:27 PM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:27 PM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
230 PM MST TUE AUG 20 1996

WDLY SCT TO SCT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVR SERN AZ ATTM.  INTERFACE
BETWEEN DRIER/MOIST AMS ON WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING MOST ACTIVTY ATTM
...AND INITIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ON THE HIER TERRAIN.  STARTING TO
SEE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LOWERS AREAS AND EXPECT WDLY SCT TO SCT STMS TO
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EVENING.  AMS MOIST ENUF FOR LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAIN...BUT HAVE OPTED TO HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD WATCH SINCE
EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS TO REMAIN LOCALIZED.  FLOW OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE...AND MODELS APPEAR TO BE EVOLVING TOWARD
MCCOLLUM TYPE 1 PATTERN BY END OF THE WEEK.  HIGH CENTER FAR ENOUGH
NORTH SHOULD SEE INCREASED MONSOON CONVECTION BY THE WEEKEND.
TUS 2222. DRB.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 1:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise, Graham60 min
Aug 21, 1:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham60 min
Aug 21, 2:30 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima60 min
Aug 21, 2:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima60 min
Aug 21, 2:43 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise62 min
Aug 21, 2:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise62 min
Aug 21, 3:58 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPinal62 min
Aug 21, 3:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal62 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.