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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 28, 2015Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2015, 12:20 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 28, 2015, 12:20 PM MST (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2015, 1:00 PM MST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

County Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 Jun 28, 9:35 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:35 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:20 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
Jun 27, 5:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	37 min
Jun 27, 6:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		55 min
Jun 27, 6:59 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		61 min
Jun 27, 8:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pinal	110 min
Jun 28, 12:13 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Jun 28, 1:18 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pinal	42 min
Jun 28, 1:40 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		50 min
Jun 28, 1:47 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	5 hr
Jun 28, 1:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	49 min
Jun 28, 2:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		44 min
Jun 28, 3:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	40 min
Jun 28, 3:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		61 min
Jun 28, 3:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	46 min
Jun 28, 3:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	63 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.