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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 25, 2025Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2025, 2:43 AM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2025, 2:43 AM MST (09:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2025, 3:15 AM MST
In force
32 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 09:44 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 24, 8:12 PM MST, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 8:12 PM MST, 6 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 2:09 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima36 min
Aug 25, 2:35 AM MSTFlood WatchTWCPima, Pinal, Santa Cruz16 hr
Aug 25, 2:39 AM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal16 hr
Aug 25, 12:41 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz49 min
Aug 25, 1:11 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz49 min
Aug 25, 1:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Aug 25, 1:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Aug 25, 1:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima47 min
Aug 25, 2:09 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCSanta Cruz117 min
Aug 25, 2:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima31 min
Aug 25, 2:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima41 min
Aug 25, 2:36 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Aug 25, 3:36 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCPima, Pinal84 min
Aug 25, 3:37 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal38 min
Aug 25, 4:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal52 min
Aug 25, 4:27 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal13 min
Aug 25, 4:40 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima, Pinal2 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.