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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 25, 2024Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2024, 5:09 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 51 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 25, 2024, 5:09 PM MST (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2024, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

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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 25, 1:06 PM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:06 PM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:19 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:16 PM MST, 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
416 PM MST Thu Jul 25 2024

AZZ509-510-260000-
Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford-White
Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties including Hannagan Meadow-
416 PM MST Thu Jul 25 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENLEE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MST...

At 414 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along Highway 191 around 15 miles northwest of
Morenci, or 18 miles northwest of Clifton, moving south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph an localized heavy rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Morenci, Hannagan Meadow, and Rose Peak.

This includes Route 191 between mile markers 169 and 237.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 10924 3294 10935 3305 10974 3364 10952
      3366 10948 3369 10948 3370 10947 3369 10946
      3371 10945 3371 10941 3373 10935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 011DEG 15KT 3325 10945

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

CWR

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:00 PM MST, 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
500 PM MST Thu Jul 25 2024

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

0416 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     8 N Tucson              32.31N 110.90W
07/25/2024                   Pima               AZ   Law Enforcement

            Several power lines and poles fallen across
            the roadway near Sunrise Dr. and Pontatoc
            Rd.

&&

KDE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 5:03 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Santa Cruz	3 hr
Jul 25, 5:06 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	39 min
Jul 25, 5:09 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise, Graham	3 hr
Jul 25, 5:13 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	47 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	2 hr
Jul 25, 5:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	38 min
Jul 25, 5:25 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	33 min
Jul 25, 5:26 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 25, 5:34 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	41 min
Jul 25, 5:44 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	28 min
Jul 25, 5:53 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	112 min
Jul 25, 5:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	49 min
Jul 25, 6:01 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:05 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham, Pinal	40 min
Jul 25, 6:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	65 min
Jul 25, 6:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	35 min
Jul 25, 6:18 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	10 min
Jul 25, 6:25 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	4 hr
Jul 25, 6:37 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:47 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:48 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	57 min
Jul 25, 7:02 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	29 min
Jul 25, 8:01 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	4 hr
Jul 25, 8:18 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima, Pinal	2 hr

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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.