Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:00PM Thursday
SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 500 PM MST.
* At 417 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Drexel Heights, or 7 miles west of Tucson, moving northwest at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Tucson, Drexel Heights, South Tucson, Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation, San Xavier Community, Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson Estates, Valencia West, Tucson International Airport, Saguaro National Park West, and San Xavier Mission. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 between mile markers 258 and 264. Interstate 19 between mile markers 56 and 63. Route 86 between mile markers 162 and 171.
* AFFECTED AREAS: PIMA, AZ
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Address/Location
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
7474 S Camino De Oeste
Tucson, AZ 85746
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning