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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 12, 2024Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2024, 1:51 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2024, 1:51 PM MST (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2024, 2:30 PM MST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 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 20:53 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 12, 1:23 PM MST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:23 PM MST, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 12:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise47 min
Aug 12, 1:23 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise3 hr
Aug 12, 1:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise51 min
Aug 12, 1:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Santa Cruz48 min
Aug 12, 1:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Aug 12, 2:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz45 min
Aug 12, 2:01 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise3 hr
Aug 12, 2:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal39 min
Aug 12, 2:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz51 min
Aug 12, 2:25 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima3 hr
Aug 12, 2:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz47 min
Aug 12, 3:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz50 min
Aug 12, 3:30 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Santa Cruz3 hr
Aug 12, 3:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz43 min
Aug 12, 3:36 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCSanta Cruz3 hr
Aug 12, 3:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Aug 12, 3:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Aug 12, 4:15 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Aug 12, 4:18 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima, Santa Cruz2 hr
Aug 12, 4:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Aug 12, 4:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise52 min
Aug 12, 4:58 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 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.