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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 28, 2018Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2018, 1:09 PM MST for Santa Cruz 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 28, 2018, 1:09 PM MST (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2018, 1:45 PM MST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

County Santa Cruz 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 28, 10:35 AM MST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:35 AM MST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:09 PM MST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
109 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2018

AZZ503-513-282045-
Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including
Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon-Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar
Valleys including Nogales-
109 PM MST SAT JUL 28 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
UNTIL 145 PM MST...

At 108 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Nogales, moving southwest at 20 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 50 mph and blowing dust will be
possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Nogales, Rio Rico Southeast, Rio Rico Southwest and Kino Springs.

LAT...LON 3133 11081 3133 11102 3146 11098 3144 11070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 057DEG 21KT 3134 11090

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pinal	33 min
Jul 27, 7:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		41 min
Jul 27, 8:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		52 min
Jul 27, 8:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	32 min
Jul 27, 9:14 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Jul 27, 9:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	60 min
Jul 27, 10:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	64 min
Jul 28, 2:14 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	61 min
Jul 28, 11:36 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	8 hr
Jul 28, 3:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	35 min

Nearby

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Sources

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