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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2011, 2:45 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2011, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2011, 3:15 PM MST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Graham County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 2:20 PM MST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 2:20 PM MST, 25 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 135 PM MST MON AUG 15 2011 AZZ507-508-512-513-160600- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- 1255 PM MST MON AUG 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL OVER WILDFIRE BURN SCARS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY. MODERATE RAINFALL OVER WILDFIRE BURN SCARS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ503>506-509-511-514-515-160600- UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS-BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- 135 PM MST MON AUG 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL OVER WILDFIRE BURN SCARS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ510-160600- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- 1255 PM MST MON AUG 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WALLOW WILDFIRE BURN SCAR COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY. MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WALLOW WILDFIRE BURN SCAR COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ501-502-160600- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION- 1255 PM MST MON AUG 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME SCATTERED IN NATURE TONIGHT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:45 PM MST, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 1:53 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 2:59 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:16 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 3:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 4:54 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 2 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Arizona, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.