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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 8, 2021

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 4:45 PM MST. It was in force for 45 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: Sep 8, 2021, 4:45 PM MST (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2021, 5:30 PM MST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

The radar

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The text

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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 Sep 8, 1:58 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 1:58 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:45 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
Sep 7, 5:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	47 min
Sep 7, 5:18 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	42 min
Sep 7, 5:53 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	67 min
Sep 7, 6:20 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	55 min
Sep 7, 6:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	32 min
Sep 7, 7:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Santa Cruz	25 min
Sep 7, 7:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	46 min
Sep 7, 7:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	49 min
Sep 7, 8:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	43 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.