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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 27, 2012

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2012, 6:43 PM MST. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2012, 6:43 PM MST (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 7:30 PM MST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 27, 1:31 PM MST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:31 PM MST, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 10:00 AM MST, 8 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:45 PM MST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:43 PM MST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 8:49 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		41 min
Jul 28, 11:45 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	30 min
Jul 28, 1:06 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	39 min
Jul 28, 1:45 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham	3 hr
Jul 28, 2:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		34 min
Jul 28, 2:35 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	40 min
Jul 28, 2:44 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	31 min
Jul 28, 3:02 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	43 min
Jul 28, 3:08 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:11 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	60 min
Jul 28, 3:15 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Jul 28, 3:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		31 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		42 min
Jul 28, 3:54 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:04 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	41 min
Jul 28, 4:23 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pinal	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.