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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 2:28 PM MST for Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2011, 2:28 PM MST (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2011, 7:12 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 3812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
559 WWUS75 KTWC 282128 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 228 PM MST THU APR 28 2011 AZZ508>510-290600- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0011.110429T1800Z-110430T0300Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW 228 PM MST THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL DEVELOP BY NOON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SPEEDS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG ROADWAYS AND MAJOR FREEWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 10. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
145 WWUS75 KTWC 290501 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1001 PM MST THU APR 28 2011 AZZ508>510-291315- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0011.110429T1800Z-110430T0300Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW 1001 PM MST THU APR 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL DEVELOP BY NOON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SPEEDS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG ROADWAYS AND MAJOR FREEWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 10. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
724 WWUS75 KTWC 291113 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 413 AM MST FRI APR 29 2011 AZZ508>510-292200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0011.110429T1800Z-110430T0300Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW 413 AM MST FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SPEEDS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG ROADWAYS AND MAJOR FREEWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 10. 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. && $$
181 WWUS75 KTWC 292051 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 151 PM MST FRI APR 29 2011 AZZ508>510-300300- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110430T0300Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW 151 PM MST FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE ANTICIPATED IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SPEEDS COULD HIT 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ALONG ROADWAYS AND MAJOR FREEWAYS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 10. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
462 WWUS75 KTWC 300212 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 712 PM MST FRI APR 29 2011 AZZ508>510-300315- /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110430T0300Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW 712 PM MST FRI APR 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. AT 7 PM MST WINDS HAD DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:34 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | TWC | 35 hr | |
| Apr 28, 2:34 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | TWC | 41 hr |
Nearby
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.