Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 19, 1999Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 1999, 1:31 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 1999, 1:31 PM MST (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 1999, 2:05 PM MST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Pinal County, AZ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 19, 1:31 PM MSTHail 1.25Coolidge, AZHail and strong winds ripped through the Coolidge area and damaged thousands of acres of cotton just weeks before it would have been harvested.. Trees were uprooted in Coolidge, and power poles were down in Coolidge and Florence. Heavy rain was also recorded
Sep 19, 1:35 PM MSTThunderstorm Wind 60Florence, AZWindows blown out of the guard towers, and roof torn off at the nearby prison. Nearby Sacaton, on the Gila River Indian Community, had 13 homes damaged by the storm. Minor and major roof damages, coolers damaged, windows broken, carport damage, trailer siding
Sep 19, 1:40 PM MSTHail 0.75Eloy, 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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 12:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

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.