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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 19, 2025Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2025, 2:19 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 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
Sep 19, 2025, 2:19 PM MST (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2025, 3:00 PM MST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 Sep 19, 1:03 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 1:03 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 19, 9:02 AM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 19, 9:08 AM MST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 5:20 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz115 min
Sep 18, 5:24 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima10 min
Sep 18, 5:34 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCPima3 hr
Sep 18, 5:53 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Santa Cruz2 hr
Sep 18, 6:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima28 min
Sep 18, 6:59 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima3 hr
Sep 18, 7:25 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima2 hr
Sep 18, 8:22 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCPinal53 min
Sep 18, 8:24 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise2 hr
Sep 19, 2:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise40 min
Sep 19, 2:43 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatTWCCochise2 hr
Sep 19, 2:54 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise2 hr
Sep 19, 3:23 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal52 min
Sep 19, 3:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal22 min
Sep 19, 3:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise24 min
Sep 19, 4:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise27 min
Sep 19, 4:23 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise2 hr
Sep 19, 4:25 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise3 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.