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Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 15, 20236 counties in Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 15, 2023, 1:38 PM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Jun 16, 2023, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 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: Jun 15, 2023, 1:38 PM MST (20:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2023, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Jun 16, 2023, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 7 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 20:43 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 15, 2:35 AM MST, 11 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:35 AM MST, 11 hours 3 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
Jun 15, 1:53 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	17 hr

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.