Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 4 at 8:03PM MST until August 4 at 8:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 4, 2026 - 8:03pm
Expires:
August 4, 2026 - 8:30pm
Description:
At 803 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bisbee-Douglas
Airport, moving northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Bisbee-Douglas Airport, Elfrida, McNeal and Rucker Canyon.
This includes the following highways...
Route 80 between mile markers 321 and 323...and between mile markers
372 and 384. Route 191 between mile markers 3 and 34.
Instruction:
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Cochise, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov