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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 3:53PM MST until October 22 at 4:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Santa Cruz, AZ. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
22 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC
First saved by us
22 October 2026 at 22:42 UTC
Last included in a daily record
22 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Tucson AZ · Santa Cruz, AZ
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
22 October 2026 at 23:15 UTC
Forecast onset / end
22 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 23:15 UTC

Archived official description

At 353 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rio Rico, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Tubac, Rio Rico, Patagonia, Patagonia Lake State Park, Nogales International Airport, Tumacacori and Amado. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 8 and 29. Route 82 between mile markers 6 and 19...and between mile markers 23 and 25.

Instructions in this archived message

Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing dangerous hail and damaging winds.

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    Title
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 3:36PM MST until October 22 at 4:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 3:53PM MST until October 22 at 4:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ

    Source updated
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 22:36 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 22:36 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 22:36 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC

    Official description
    Before

    At 336 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nogales, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Nogales, Tubac, Rio Rico, Patagonia, Patagonia Lake State Park, Nogales International Airport, Tumacacori, Amado and Pena Blanca Lake. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 1 and 29. Route 82 between mile markers 1 and 5...and between mile markers 7 and 19...and between mile markers 23 and 25.

    After

    At 353 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rio Rico, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Tubac, Rio Rico, Patagonia, Patagonia Lake State Park, Nogales International Airport, Tumacacori and Amado. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 8 and 29. Route 82 between mile markers 6 and 19...and between mile markers 23 and 25.

    Official instructions
    Before

    Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.

    After

    Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing dangerous hail and damaging winds.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aeb267657376b0fd68e23a23daf59ab1490d5e8c.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.058313c9b95c19dde2fac713d3992a3cc7a09f9f.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 22:53 UTC

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 22:42 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 3:36PM MST until October 22 at 4:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 22:36 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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