Alert archive / Arizona / Excessive Heat Warnings in 2018
Excessive Heat Warning 5, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 20, 2018, 3:38 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Jul 23, 2018, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 58 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2018, 3:38 AM MST (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 23, 2018, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2018, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 20, 3:22 AM MST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 3:22 AM MST, 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 5:05 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 85 min |
| Jul 19, 5:39 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham | 111 min |
| Jul 19, 5:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 6:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 22 min |
| Jul 19, 6:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 6:49 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 6:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 7:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:17 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 88 min |
| Jul 19, 7:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 7:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:29 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 12:41 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 1:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 1:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 2:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 2:37 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 23 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 45 min | |
| Jul 20, 4:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 4:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 4:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 4:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 45 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.