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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 16, 2020

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2020, 11:13 PM MST. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 16, 2020, 11:13 PM MST (06:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2020, 12:00 AM MST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:18 PM MST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 16, 6:05 PM MST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
605 PM MST SUN AUG 16 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 WSW MARANA            32.40N 111.22W
08/16/2020  M62 MPH          PIMA               AZ   AWOS

            AWOS STATION KAVQ MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT.

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KJS

Local storm report, Aug 16, 6:41 PM MST, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:13 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
Aug 16, 5:06 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	39 min
Aug 16, 5:24 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Aug 16, 5:35 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	115 min
Aug 16, 5:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	37 min
Aug 16, 5:47 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	118 min
Aug 16, 6:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	45 min
Aug 16, 6:16 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 16, 7:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	117 min
Aug 17, 2:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Greenlee	44 min
Aug 17, 3:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	62 min
Aug 17, 4:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	65 min

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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.