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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 4, 2024Pima County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2024, 4:27 PM MST for Pima County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 4, 2024, 4:27 PM MST (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2024, 5:15 PM MST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pima County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 Aug 4, 1:13 PM MST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:13 PM MST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 3:05 PM MST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 5:22 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCPinal53 min
Aug 3, 5:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal38 min
Aug 3, 5:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima82 min
Aug 4, 3:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz36 min
Aug 4, 4:55 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCPima35 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.