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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 3, 2014

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2014, 1:55 PM MST. It was in force for 50 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 3, 2014, 1:55 PM MST (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2014, 2:45 PM MST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 3, 9:20 AM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:20 AM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:55 PM MST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
155 PM MST THU JUL 3 2014

AZZ502-503-515-032145-
BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS INCLUDING KITT PEAK AZ-TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION
INCLUDING SELLS AZ-UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND ALTAR VALLEYS INCLUDING
NOGALES AZ-
155 PM MST THU JUL 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PIMA COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
MST...

AT 146 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF TUBAC...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GREEN VALLEY...MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 286 AND
ARIVACA ROAD AND ARIVACA.

LAT...LON 3153 11166 3173 11165 3171 11118 3154 11118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 096DEG 32KT 3161 11134

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 6:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	37 min
Jul 3, 9:48 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	9 hr
Jul 3, 3:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Greenlee	35 min
Jul 3, 4:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	47 min
Jul 3, 4:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	47 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.