Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Jul 28, 1997, 7:16 PM MST (02:16 UTC)

Expired

Jul 28, 1997, 7:45 PM MST

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Santa Cruz County, AZ

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KTUS 290216 RRA
SVRTUS
AZC023-290245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
716 PM MST MON JUL 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON AZ HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA

   ...NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF PATAGONI@A OR 9 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TUBAC
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND ONE INCH HAIL.

OKULSKI

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 28, 5:17 PM MST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
230 PM MST MON JUL 28 1997

STORMS DEVELOPED ON WRN EDGE OF DEEP MSTR AND MOVG NE. BEST
REFLECTIVTY NEAR THE STORM BASE AND WE HAVE SEEN AN INCH OR SO
WITH HEAVIEST STORMS. WRN AND CNTRL PIMA AND ALL BUT EXTREME ERN
PINAL ARE DRY AND XCPT FOR A MTN TSTM OR TWO WILL NOT SEE MUCH.
TUS AND REST OF AREA WILL SEE STORMS THRU EARLY EVENING. THERE
STILL HAVING TROUBLE GETTING AWAY FROM MTNS WITH ANY KIND OF
PRECIP BUT AS AFTN WEARS ON WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET VALLEYS WET.

WITH CA LOW MOVG NWD RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN QUICKLY. XPCT ERN ZONES
TO REMAIN FAIRLY ACTIVE ON TUE BUT BACK TO MORE ACTIVE MONSOON BY
WED. MAY EVEN SEE AN UPSWING IN ACTIVITY TUE EVENING IN ZN 28.
THERE IS STILL THE PROBLEM OF TO MANY MID CLOUDS IN THE AREA ON
WED BUT IF MSTR FCST BY ETA RATHER THAN NGM VERIFIES THEN TSTM
POTENTIAL INCREASES.

TEMPS SHOULD BE  UP A LITTLE ON WTUE AND DOWN SOME ON
WED...ALL CLOUD COVER DEPENDENT. TUS 3234. HOLBROOK.

TUS...NONE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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