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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 18, 2016Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 1:39 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2016, 1:39 PM MST (20:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2016, 2:15 PM MST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

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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 18, 9:15 AM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:15 AM MST, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:39 PM MST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
139 PM MST MON JUL 18 2016

AZZ502-503-515-182115-
UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND ALTAR VALLEYS INCLUDING NOGALES-TOHONO
O'ODHAM NATION INCLUDING SELLS-BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS INCLUDING KITT
PEAK-
139 PM MST MON JUL 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM MST...

AT 138 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KITT PEAK...OR 27 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SELLS...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRESNAL CANYON...CHOULIC...
JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 286 AND ARIVACA ROAD...ARIVACA AND SOUTH KOMELIK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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LAT...LON 3189 11132 3156 11133 3166 11184 3190 11168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 104DEG 13KT 3172 11147

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 5:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	25 min
Jul 17, 6:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	30 min
Jul 17, 9:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	23 min
Jul 17, 11:49 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	116 min
Jul 18, 2:17 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	118 min
Jul 18, 2:52 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Santa Cruz	113 min
Jul 18, 4:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		20 min
Jul 18, 4:26 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	64 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.