Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 28, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at Jun 19, 2011, 3:02 AM MST. It took effect at Jun 19, 2011, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2011, 3:02 AM MST (10:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 19, 2011, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 6:20 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380 WWUS75 KPSR 191002 NPWPSR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 302 AM MST SUN JUN 19 2011 AZZ023-024-028-200115- /O.NEW.KPSR.WI.Y.0028.110619T2100Z-110620T0300Z/ GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESA...PHOENIX...GLOBE...MIAMI... SAN CARLOS...SUPERIOR...TOP-OF-THE-WORLD...APACHE JUNCTION... CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE 302 AM MST SUN JUN 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARICOPA...PINAL...AND SOUTHERN GILA COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: GLOBE...MIAMI...SAN CARLOS...SUPERIOR... TOP-OF-THE-WORLD...MESA...PHOENIX...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE * TIMING: AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL RESULT STRONG WIND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS: BY 2 PM...30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY. ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS BETWEEN PHOENIX AND CASA GRANDE...25 TO 35 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS AND OR SUDDEN GUSTS COULD HAMPER DRIVING CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH LOW VISIBILITY ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON THE DESERTS BETWEEN PHOENIX AND CASA GRANDE. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO IN PLACE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 40 AND 58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS OVER DESERT AREAS COULD RESULT IN BRIEFLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES TO WELL UNDER A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING SAND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
1 follow-up statement
975 WWUS75 KPSR 200120 NPWPSR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 620 PM MST SUN JUN 19 2011 AZZ023-024-028-200230- /O.CAN.KPSR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-110620T0300Z/ GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESA...PHOENIX...GLOBE...MIAMI... SAN CARLOS...SUPERIOR...TOP-OF-THE-WORLD...APACHE JUNCTION... CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE 620 PM MST SUN JUN 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Jun 19, 2:50 AM MST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:50 AM MST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
250 AM MST SUN JUN 19 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE WESTERN STATES TODAY...INCLUDING FAR NORTHERN ARIZONA. THIS WILL
RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS
WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL GENERATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS ALL OF ARIZONA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK INTO
THE REGION BY LATE MONDAY...BECOMING STRONGER BY MIDWEEK. AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES ON THE LOWER DESERTS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD WARM
INTO THE 110 TO 113 DEGREE RANGE. OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED
THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
&&
.DISCUSSION.
THE LAST OF THE PACIFIC DISTURBANCES...THE STRONGEST IN THE
SERIES...WAS RACING SOUTHEASTWARD FROM OREGON TOWARD NORTHERN AZ
THIS MORNING...BEST SEEN IN WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY. THIS
UNUSUAL DIP IN THE JETSTREAM WILL INITIATE STRONG AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WINDS TODAY. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
IN PLACE. AFTERNOON WINDS WILL ALSO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO POST A WIND
ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY ZONE 24...NORTHERN PINAL COUNTY
ZONE 28...AND THE GREATER PHOENIX ZONE 23. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50
MPH ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY BY 2 PM...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH AT CASA GRANDE AND PHOENIX. OTHERWISE ITS THE PROVERBIAL DRY AS
A BONE...WITH LOW HUMIDITY ENHANCING OUR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. A
RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO POSTED TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL AZ.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
A SEASONABLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO
THE REGION LATE MONDAY...THEN AMPLIFY OVER THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. A STRONG WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES APPROACHING THE 110 TO 113 DEG F MARK WED AND THU.
NOTE: THE SUMMER SOLSTICE WILL OCCUR AT 1016 AM TUESDAY. FOR MORE
DETAILS...SEE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...WMO HEADER NOUS45
KPSR 152006...PNSPSR...ISSUED AT 106 PM MST...THURSDAY...15 JUNE
2011.
.AVIATION...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
INCLUDING KPHX...KIWA...KIPL...AND KBLH AIRFIELDS...
BREEZY/WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT ALL TAF
SITES AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DIVES INTO SOUTHERN UT. GFS MOS
REMAINS ON HIGH END OF THE GUIDANCE. HOWEVER...THE WEAKER NAM MOS
STILL SUPPORTS 20-25 KT GUSTS...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 30 KT...INTO
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PHOENIX METRO AREA AND ACROSS SE CA.
AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
HOT...DRY CONDITIONS AND A LIGHTER WIND REGIME EXPECTED AREA-WIDE
THIS COMING WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED OVER
THE REGION. AN INCREASE IN WIND IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT/MOVEMENT OF ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
&&
.PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AZ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING AZZ021>024-026>028.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING
AZZ023-024-028.
CA...NONE.
&&
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT
WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
DISCUSSION...VASQUEZ
AVIATION...HIRSCH
FIRE WEATHER...LEINS/MEYERSHazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:50 AM MST, 21 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 550 AM MST SAT JUN 18 2011 AZZ024-191245- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 550 AM MST SAT JUN 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDY WEATHER WITH DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS POSTED FROM 11 AM MST TO 8 PM MST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AZZ020>023-025>028-CAZ030>033-191245- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- 550 AM MST SAT JUN 18 2011 /555 AM PDT SAT JUN 18 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA... SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDY WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.