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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 29, 2023Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2023, 5:14 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 46 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 29, 2023, 5:14 PM MST (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2023, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 29, 2:21 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:21 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 12:18 PM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:39 PM MST, 1 hour 35 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 29, 5:54 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		51 min
Jul 29, 5:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	47 min
Jul 29, 6:29 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	46 min
Jul 29, 7:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		43 min
Jul 29, 7:59 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	61 min
Jul 29, 8:12 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	48 min
Jul 29, 8:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	67 min
Jul 30, 4:12 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	48 min
Jul 30, 4:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	37 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.