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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 17, 2024Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2024, 2:10 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 17, 2024, 2:10 PM MST (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2024, 2:49 PM MST
In force
39 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 21:09 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 17, 9:29 AM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 9:29 AM MST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Aug 16, 5:54 PM MSTTornado WarningTWCPima36 min
Aug 16, 6:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima51 min
Aug 16, 7:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Aug 16, 7:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise50 min
Aug 16, 8:22 PM MSTTornado WarningTWCCochise24 min
Aug 16, 8:31 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise3 hr
Aug 16, 8:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima47 min
Aug 17, 1:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz42 min
Aug 17, 2:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz41 min
Aug 17, 2:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz47 min
Aug 17, 2:50 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz3 hr
Aug 17, 3:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz28 min
Aug 17, 3:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima61 min
Aug 17, 3:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz50 min
Aug 17, 3:48 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima3 hr
Aug 17, 3:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Aug 17, 4:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima52 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.