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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 19, 2026Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 6:53 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 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 19, 2026, 6:53 PM MST (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2026, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 67 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 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 19, 2:45 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 19, 6:20 PM MST, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
620 PM MST Wed Aug 19 2026

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

0550 PM     Flash Flood      2 WNW Saint David       31.92N 110.26W
08/19/2026                   Cochise            AZ   Local Official

            Roads closed along HWY 80 due to flooded
            roads.

&&

KJS

Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:34 PM MST, 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
634 PM MST Wed Aug 19 2026

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

0629 PM     Flash Flood      12 NE Green Valley      31.97N 110.86W
08/19/2026                   Pima               AZ   Public

            Swift Water Rescue at 6000 E SAHUARITA RD.

&&

MJS

Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:39 PM MST, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:44 PM MST, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:47 PM MST, 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
647 PM MST Wed Aug 19 2026

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

0645 PM     Rain             3 E Tucson              32.20N 110.85W
08/19/2026  E0.25 Inch       Pima               AZ   Trained Spotter

            0.25 inch of rain in 9 minutes.

&&

MJS

Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:48 PM MST, 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 19, 5:13 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	4 hr
Aug 19, 5:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	53 min
Aug 19, 5:43 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:50 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	40 min
Aug 19, 5:51 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	39 min
Aug 19, 6:00 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:04 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	56 min
Aug 19, 6:08 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	31 min
Aug 19, 6:19 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:20 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	40 min
Aug 19, 6:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	38 min
Aug 19, 6:42 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:46 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	24 min
Aug 19, 6:47 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:58 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima	77 min
Aug 19, 7:08 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	97 min
Aug 19, 7:26 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 19, 8:07 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	53 min
Aug 19, 10:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 20, 7:32 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	6 hr
Aug 20, 2:09 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Santa Cruz	2 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.