Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Tucson, AZ

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WWUS55 KTWC 190003
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
502 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

AZC009-190015-
/O.CON.KTWC.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050719T0015Z/
GRAHAM AZ-
502 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY...

AT 456 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES NORTH OF SAFFORD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THATCHER AND SOLOMON.

LAT...LON 3286 10942 3324 10952 3315 10990 3271 10978

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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

000 
WWUS55 KTWC 190019
SVSTWC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
516 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

AZC009-190026-
/O.EXP.KTWC.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050719T0015Z/
GRAHAM AZ-
516 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY EXPIRED
AT 515 PM MST...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND 
WAS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL OR WINDS IN EXCESS 60 
MPH. THUS...THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM MST. AT 515 
PM MST...RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH JUST 
NORTH OF SAFFORD. 

LAT...LON 3286 10942 3324 10952 3315 10990 3271 10978

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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
210 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

.SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA WILL MAINTAIN THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID WEEK.
ENOUGH MOISTURE EXISTS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY. THE
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATER
THIS WEEK. THE RESULTANT SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL MEAN AN INCREASE IN
MOISTURE...AS WELL AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA...BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...RADARS CURRENTLY DETECTING ISOLATED 45-50DBZ ECHOES
MAINLY OVER MY PORTION OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN GREENLEE
AND GRAHAM COUNTIES AS WELL AS OVER EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY NEAR THE
CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS. THE STORM IN COCHISE COUNTY IS GENERALLY
DEVELOPING AHEAD OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO
EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AND CAN BE SEEN IN VISIBLE SATELLITE
IMAGERY. THE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE RIM AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
ARE BEING ENHANCED/TRIGGERED BY A MOISTURE GRADIENT OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE WHICH IS DROPPING DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND
WILL AID IN FIRING OFF CONVECTION ALONG THE RIM.

THE AIRMASS IS RATHER MOIST TODAY WITH THIS MORNINGS KTUS MODIFIED
SOUNDING SHOWED A PW OF ABOUT AN INCH AND A QUARTER...AN LI OF MINUS
3 AND A CAPE OF ABOUT 1000 J/KG. IN ADDITION...SOME MID LEVEL SHEAR
COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS SOUNDING...SO ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD
BE A BIT BETTER ORGANIZED (SEE SPCS CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK AWIPS HEADER
PHXSWODY1 WMO HEADER ACUS01). AS A RESULT...HAVE INCREASED POPS TO
THE SCATTERED CATEGORY FOR THE EASTERN MOST ZONES MAINLY FOR THIS
EVENING WITH ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DESERTS.

MODELS INDICATE THAT THE UPPER HIGH WHICH IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA WILL MEANDER IN THE GENERAL VICINITY THROUGH
ABOUT WEDNESDAY WHEN IT WILL MOVE A BIT FARTHER EAST TO AROUND THE
FOUR CORNERS AREA WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A PRIME LOCATION FOR PULLING
MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. MEANWHILE...EMILY IS PROGGED TO MAKES ITS
WAY INTO MEXICO JUST SOUTH OF THE BROWNSVILLE AREA AND MOISTURE FROM
THE REMNANTS SHOULD SPILL INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AS THE POSITION
OF THE UPPER HIGH SETS UP A LONG EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY FETCH OF
MOISTURE TO OUR EAST.

GFS SOLUTION FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS MAINTAINED A WET SOLUTION FOR
THE DESERT SOUTHWEST LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. ALSO THE
MEX MOS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS GENERALLY AVERAGE ABOUT 40 PERCENT POP
STARTING ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY PART
OF NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...HAVE INCREASED POPS TO REFLECT THE NOTION
OF HIGHER RAIN CHANCES TOWARD THE WEEKS END AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 105 FROM TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT AS MOISTURE INCREASES WITH THE APPROACH OF
THE REMNANTS OF EMILY...AFTERNOON HIGHS SHOULD FINALLY FALL BELOW
THE 100 DEGREE MARK ON FRIDAY AND REMAIN BELOW 100 THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA WILL LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH
DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
AND TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL ENTER THE AREA FROM THE
SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY INCREASING THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHERWISE...A RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
THE END OF THE WEEK DUE TO INCREASED MOISTURE AND THE PROSPECT OF
PRECIPITATION.

&&

.AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
AT KTUS.

&&

.CLIMATE...TODAY IS THE 34TH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
OF 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER FOR THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS
BREAKS THE SECOND LONGEST STREAK OF DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 100
DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE RECORD IS 39 DAYS...SET IN 1987. TODAY WILL
ALSO MARK THE 22ND CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS OF 104
DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE CURRENT STREAK OF DAYS WITH 104 DEGREES OR
HIGHER RANKS SECOND...WITH THE RECORD BEING 24 DAYS SET IN 1994.
ALSO...THE AREA HAS BROKEN THE 2ND LATEST START TO THE MONSOON. THE
TOP 5 LATEST MONSOON START DATES ARE:

5TH)    JULY 14, 1985
4TH)    JULY 16, 1979
3RD)    JULY 17, 1997
2ND)    JULY 1?, 2005** **TO BE DETERMINED
LATEST) JULY 25, 1987

&&

PUBLIC DISCUSSION...MOLLERE
FIRE WEATHER/AVIATION...CR

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1211 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

AZZ019-029>035-191400-
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
TOHONO OODHAM NATION-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
1211 PM MST MON JUL 18 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SYNOPSIS...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL INITIALLY MOVE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...
RESULTING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO BUILD OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...THEN ORGANIZE AND MOVE
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA RESULTING IN
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THAT THEY MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS.

DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED THAT A WEAK DISTURBANCE
OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHWEST INTO THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA ALONG THE
PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH CENTERED NEAR LAS VEGAS. THIS DYNAMIC
FORCING MECHANISM...ALONG WITH AMPLE MID LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE
REGION...THIS WILL RESULT IN EARLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS
COCHISE...SANTA CRUZ AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES.

THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO ELONGATE TODAY RESULTING IN A
WEAK AREA OF DIVERGENCE ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF ARIZONA...
ASSISTING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
INDICATED SOME DRY AIR PUSHING SOUTH FROM NORTHERN ARIZONA INTO THE
EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE...WITH THE STRONGEST MOISTURE
GRADIENT OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. WITH DECENT SHEAR IN THE MID TO
UPPER LEVELS...THIS WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS AND ORGANIZE AS THEY MOVE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
THIS COMBINED WITH THE SOMEWHAT DRY LOW LEVELS WILL INCREASE THE
RISK OF STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATER THIS WEEK.
THE RESULTANT SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL MEAN AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE...AS
WELL AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.