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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 5, 2026Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2026, 10:01 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 44 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 5, 2026, 10:01 PM MST (05:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2026, 10:45 PM MST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:08 PM MST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
608 PM MST Wed Aug 5 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0557 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 4 ENE Safford           32.85N 109.63W
08/05/2026  M69 MPH          Graham             AZ   ASOS

            ASOS station KSAD Safford Regional Airport.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:28 PM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
628 PM MST Wed Aug 5 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     Hail             19 E Tombstone          31.76N 109.75W
08/05/2026  M1.00 Inch       Cochise            AZ   County Official

            Quarter size hail via photo.

&&

JRM

Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:42 PM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
642 PM MST Wed Aug 5 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     Rain             1 WSW Patagonia         31.54N 110.76W
08/05/2026  M0.42 Inch       Santa Cruz         AZ   Mesonet

            0.42 inches of rain in 5 mins. 0.6 inches in
            10 mins.

&&

JRM

Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:56 PM MST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 5:17 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	58 min
Aug 5, 5:34 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	41 min
Aug 5, 5:46 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	49 min
Aug 5, 6:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	60 min
Aug 5, 6:19 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:23 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	52 min
Aug 5, 6:34 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:54 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	66 min
Aug 5, 6:56 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Graham	3 hr
Aug 5, 6:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	43 min
Aug 5, 7:05 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	55 min
Aug 5, 7:16 PM MST	Tornado Warning	TWC	Cochise	44 min
Aug 5, 7:37 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	38 min
Aug 5, 7:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Graham	62 min
Aug 5, 7:44 PM MST	Tornado Warning	TWC	Cochise	31 min
Aug 5, 7:48 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	6 hr
Aug 5, 7:48 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	27 min
Aug 5, 7:57 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	33 min
Aug 5, 8:00 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 5, 8:14 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	46 min
Aug 5, 8:26 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	45 min
Aug 5, 8:31 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	59 min
Aug 5, 8:33 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	57 min
Aug 5, 8:54 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 5, 8:55 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	50 min
Aug 5, 9:01 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	44 min
Aug 5, 9:02 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	43 min
Aug 5, 9:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	35 min
Aug 5, 9:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	56 min
Aug 5, 9:22 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	3 hr
Aug 5, 9:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TWC	Cochise	40 min
Aug 5, 9:36 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	39 min
Aug 5, 9:37 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 5, 9:52 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 5, 9:58 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise, Santa Cruz	3 hr
Aug 5, 10:09 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 5, 10:18 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	57 min
Aug 5, 10:22 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 5, 10:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	53 min
Aug 5, 10:54 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	44 min
Aug 5, 11:02 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima	118 min
Aug 5, 11:08 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 5, 11:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	60 min
Aug 5, 11:32 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	48 min
Aug 5, 11:40 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Aug 6, 12:05 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	6 hr
Aug 6, 12:08 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	6 hr
Aug 6, 12:13 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Aug 6, 12:46 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	8 hr
Aug 6, 12:58 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	7 hr
Aug 6, 5:37 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 6, 8:07 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	5 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.