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A strong storm appeared to stall over Green Valley and Sahuarita for more than three hours Friday night filling washes, knocking out power to hundreds of homes and dropping hail in some places.
The storm blew in about 4:30 p.m. and left anywhere from 1.5 to nearly 4 inches of rain in the area.
UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Tucson, Oro Valley, Catalina Foothills, South Tucson and the east side until 6 PM. Storms have produced 66 MPH winds at the Tucson International Airport.
TUCSON - The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northeastern Pima & extreme south central Pinal Counties until 5:45 PM.
This includes the northwest side of Tucson, Oro Valley, Dove Mountain & Catalina.
According to News 4 Meteorologist Jeff Beamish, radar indicates a severe storm capable of 60+ MPH winds and quarter-size hail. This storm is moving to the northeast at 15 MPH.
Seek shelter if you are in the path of this storm. Stay indoors and away from windows until this severe storm has passed.
Stay with News 4 Tucson & KVOA.com for the latest severe weather updates.
Originally posted by Phage
Thunderstorms result from strong convection.
Strong convection lifts water to high altitudes.
At high altitudes it's very cold and water freezes.
Strong convection keeps frozen water at high altitudes which leads to additional condensation and freezing.
When the balls of frozen water get so large that the strong convection can no longer keep them aloft, they fall.
Hail, It's a summertime thing.
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by JaxonRoberts
Originally posted by Phage
Thunderstorms result from strong convection.
Strong convection lifts water to high altitudes.
At high altitudes it's very cold and water freezes.
Strong convection keeps frozen water at high altitudes which leads to additional condensation and freezing.
When the balls of frozen water get so large that the strong convection can no longer keep them aloft, they fall.
Hail, It's a summertime thing.
en.wikipedia.org...
You have now been debunked by ATS's very own Phage...
Originally posted by chanel
reply to post by Ferris.Bueller.II
This weather is pretty intense. Car horns are blaring in the distance, thunders cracking really loud. Last night there was a really intense lightning storm. Not even exaggerating, my neighbor's house might have been struck by lightning. Their house alarm was going off for like 20 minutes after an extremely large crack was heard.
According to the National Weather service's new calendar method, the Arizona monsoon season will start on June 15 and end on September 30.
Originally posted by chanel
Well, how many threads do YOU have that the most famous person on ATS has responded to?
HMP! Besides, you can't debunk a hail storm.
How Rude.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Ferris.Bueller.II
Pretty normal.
According to the National Weather service's new calendar method, the Arizona monsoon season will start on June 15 and end on September 30.
www.arizona-vacation-planner.com...
Originally posted by JaxonRoberts
Originally posted by chanel
Well, how many threads do YOU have that the most famous person on ATS has responded to?
I dunno, about 10 or 12...
HMP! Besides, you can't debunk a hail storm.
How Rude.
Hail storm, no... Your 'extreme' guesses as to what the cause is, YES...