Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1999, 4:46 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 16, 1999, 4:46 PM MST (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1999, 5:15 PM MST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:50 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Tuscon Ryan Fld Arpt, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.