NWS Tucson AZSV.W 0268September 12, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Santa Cruz, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Tucson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Santa Cruz in Arizona, which was in force until 2:30 p.m. local time on September 12. It was the 268th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Tucson issued in 2026. Arizona had 91 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 52 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Arizona's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tucson AZ
- Area
- Santa Cruz
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:44 p.m. PDT, September 12, 2026
- Expires
- 2:30 p.m. PDT, September 12, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTWC SV.W 0268
- 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... Northeastern Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 230 PM MST. * At 144 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of Patagonia Lake State Park. This storm was stationary. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Tubac, Rio Rico, Patagonia, Sonoita, Patagonia Lake State Park, Tumacacori, Amado, Madera Canyon and Arivaca Junction. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 15 and 30. Route 82 between mile markers 14 and 33. Route 83 between mile markers 31 and 34.
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. 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.
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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, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels