Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2011, 2:05 PM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Apr 26, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2011, 2:05 PM MST (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WWUS75 KTWC 252105 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 205 PM MST MON APR 25 2011 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA... .A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY THOSE LOCATIONS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF TUCSON. AZZ507>513-261400- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.110426T1800Z-110427T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM 205 PM MST MON APR 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM BENSON TO SAN SIMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
159 WWUS75 KTWC 260441 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 941 PM MST MON APR 25 2011 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA... .A WEATHER DISTURBANCE PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE LOCATIONS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF TUCSON. AZZ507>513-261400- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.110426T1800Z-110427T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM 941 PM MST MON APR 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH LATER IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM BENSON TO SAN SIMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
769 WWUS75 KTWC 260914 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 214 AM MST TUE APR 26 2011 AZZ507>513-261915- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.110426T1800Z-110427T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM 214 AM MST TUE APR 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST COULD LIMIT THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO LESS THAN A MILE. THUS HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED...PARTICULARLY IN THE DUST PRONE AREAS ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM BENSON TO SAN SIMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
130 WWUS75 KTWC 262054 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 154 PM MST TUE APR 26 2011 AZZ507>513-270200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110427T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM 154 PM MST TUE APR 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM40 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST COULD LIMIT THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO LESS THAN A MILE. THUS HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED...PARTICULARLY IN THE DUST PRONE AREAS ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM BENSON TO SAN SIMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
070 WWUS75 KTWC 270145 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 645 PM MST TUE APR 26 2011 AZZ507>513-270245- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110427T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM 645 PM MST TUE APR 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FOR AN HOUR OR SO...THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA HAS SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:16 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | TWC | 12 hr | |
| Apr 25, 2:05 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | TWC | 29 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.