NWS Tucson AZSV.W 0249August 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Pima, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Tucson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Pima in Arizona, which was in force until 4:00 a.m. local time on August 31. It was the 249th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Tucson issued in 2026. Arizona had 340 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 124 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Arizona's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 51 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tucson AZ
- Area
- Pima
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:09 a.m. PDT, August 31, 2026
- Expires
- 4:00 a.m. PDT, August 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTWC SV.W 0249
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona since 2008Every warning type in Arizona
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The notice as issued
SVRTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 400 AM MST. * At 309 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of Kitt Peak, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Three Points, Kitt Peak, Picture Rocks, San Pedro and Pan Tak. This includes the following highways... Route 86 between mile markers 132 and 157. Route 286 between mile markers 18 and 45.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona since 2008336 a year
- Every warning type in Arizona
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels