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Spectacular sunshine across Southern Arizona this Friday…here’s the view from Joseph Miller’s Summerhaven Webcam. That’ll be the place to beat the heat this holiday weekend, with highs in the 70’s and overnight lows in the 50’s.
So the atmosphere has pretty much been scoured of Monsoon moisture. Case in point, the graph on the left which [...]
Lots of pomp & no circumstance Sunday, as a rare Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued for southeastern Arizona. I didn’t hear of any storm damage, but Douglas picked up a record 1.17″ rain today. That breaks the old record of 0.37″ on this date in 1957.
Much calmer weather to start your work week, as a [...]
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issed for Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee & Gila Counties until 7 pm tonight. This includes the Tucson metro, Nogales, Sierra Vista, Douglas, Safford, Globe & surrounding communities.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for storms to produce destructive winds and large hail.
While the Tucson metro [...]
Oy. Vey. The Monsoon struck Tucson with a fury Saturday night, causing downed trees, flooded roads & a swift water rescue. This image was caught by News 4 viewer Alan Olsen…as a reminder, we love your weather photos, so send them to newstips@kvoa.com!
Rainfall totals were impressive, with 22nd Street & Palo Verde picking up a [...]
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for east central Pima County until 2:45 pm. This includes the Tucson Airport and Rita Ranch areas. As stated in the post prior, this storm is capable of damaging wind as it moves east at 5 mph.
Torrential rain is also expected with this slow mover, which is why [...]
Strong thunderstorms are starting to develop this afternoon, mainly east of a Casa Grande-Sells line. The storms I’m most concerned about right now are the ones out in Avra Valley, near the Tucson Airport and in western Cochise County. These are capable of wind gusts up to 50 mph, small hail and locally heavy rain. [...]
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for east central Pima County until 2:15 pm. As you can see from radar, this includes Green Valley and Sahuarita.
This slow-moving thunderstorm is capable of dumping as much as 2″ rain in an hour’s time, which will cause flooding of washes and streams. Expect a [...]
What a strange week weather-wise…anybody else wake up around 4 am to loud thunder? Here’s the University of Arizona webcam around quarter to noon & already we’re seeing towering storm clouds over the mountains. Fasten your seatbelts for what appears to be an active Friday…
Radar at 11:45 am is showing scattered storms breaking out in [...]
Couldn’t help but start with the obligatory lightning photo from yesterday’s storms…many thanks to News 4 viewer Chad Robinson who caught this near Benson. Copious amounts of rain Tuesday, with the Tucson Airport receiving a record 1.21″ for August 24th…click here to check out Southern Arizona’s final rainfall totals courtesy of NWS Tucson.
Metro Tucson/Oracle took a direct [...]
Many thanks to News 4 viewer Coppelia Tarantal for this image near Speedway & Swan…that was some afternoon wasn’t it? Not going to lie…didn’t think today’s set-up was the greatest for an event like this. But factor in a daytime high of 106 & about three day’s worth of atmospheric energy that hasn’t been ignited…boom [...]
