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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 18, 2022Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2022, 2:15 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2022, 2:15 PM MST (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2022, 3:00 PM MST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 9:50 AM MST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:50 AM MST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 9:49 AM MST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:16 PM MST, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:29 PM MST, 46 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
Jul 17, 5:19 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Jul 17, 5:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pinal	38 min
Jul 17, 5:34 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	41 min
Jul 17, 5:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	49 min
Jul 17, 6:01 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pinal	44 min
Jul 17, 6:06 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	39 min
Jul 17, 6:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	49 min
Jul 17, 6:28 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	32 min
Jul 17, 6:36 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pinal	39 min
Jul 17, 6:49 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	56 min
Jul 17, 7:02 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima, Pinal	2 hr
Jul 17, 7:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pinal	49 min
Jul 17, 8:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pinal	45 min
Jul 18, 1:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	44 min
Jul 18, 1:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	46 min
Jul 18, 2:47 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	43 min
Jul 18, 3:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	43 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.