Sunday, August 30, 2015

June 30, 2015 Severe Thunderstorms and Tornado Warned Storm

 Storm #1 - Huachuca City

3:08PM, Storm northeast of Huachuca City. Slow rotation in the updraft and producing pea size hails.
3:22PM, Storm moved to southwest of Whetstone. Produced lot of small hails between Whetstone and Huachuca City.
3:34PM, New base developing south of the precipitation.


3:37PM, New base developing south of the precipitation. 3:41PM, Produced heavy rain in Canelo at the time.


Storm #2 - Sierra Vista

3:22PM, A storm getting stronger over eastern part of Sierra Vista.
3:34PM, wide storm base forming over Sierra Vista.
3:41PM, Storm base and downpour over Sierra Vista.
3:42PM, Downpour in Sierra Vista.
3:47PM, Storm moved into Ft. Huachuca.
3:51PM, Anvil of the storms.


Storm #3 - Sierra Vista
4:07PM, Storm in Nicksville.

4:21PM, Raining on Huachuca Mountains. South of Sierra Vista.
4:44PM, Series of storms moving away from Sierra Vista.


Storm in Tucson area
4:29PM, Overshooting top of the storm east of Oracle. 4:43PM, Strong thunderstorms on Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.


Storm #4 - Sierra Vista
4:40PM, Storm south of Tombstone. View from Sierra Vista.
5:00PM, Storm moves fast toward Sierra Vista and rapidly developing storms over the town.
5:06PM, Heavy downpour just east of Sierra Vista. Hail and damaging winds are happening.
5:23PM, Heavy rain in Sierra Vista. Highway 90 at Food City.

5:32PM, Downed tree block right lane, west bound, Fry Blvd near El Camino Real in Sierra Vista.  Small hails were falling at the time. Thank you officer!
5:36PM, Broken tree branches on El Camino Real in Sierra Vista. 5:43PM, Departing storm west of Sierra Vista.


5:56PM, Huge storm developing southeast of Benson.




Storm #5 - Sierra Vista
5:56PM, Another series of storms moving into Sierra Vista.
6:04PM, Circulation over Sierra Vista. Possible small funnel cloud.
6:06PM, Lot of motion and circulation in the storm. Sierra Vista.
6:23PM, A possible rotating wall cloud west of Sierra Vista, AZ
6:46PM, Still there is slow rotation in the updraft. Sierra Vista.


6:49PM, Strong thunderstorms developing near Sonoita.




Storm #6 - Huachuca City
6:48PM, Early time of the tornado warned storm, northeast of Sierra Vista.
6:59PM, Storming moving toward Huachuca City. Lot of cloud-to-ground lightnings.
7:26PM, Nickel size hail falling in Huachuca City.
7:26PM, Hail accumulation.

7:32PM, Nickel size hail in Huachuca City.

7:46PM, Frequent lightning in the leaving storm. Tornado warning was issued for 7:34 to 7:45.