Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2011, 2:33 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at May 10, 2011, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2011, 2:33 AM MST (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2011, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- May 10, 2011, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 09:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 3140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS75 KTWC 100933 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 233 AM MST TUE MAY 10 2011 ...WINDY FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY... .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF WINDY CONDITIONS TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. AZZ507>512-110200- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0013.110510T1900Z-110511T0200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... CHIRICAHUA NM 233 AM MST TUE MAY 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
212 WWUS75 KTWC 101927 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1227 PM MST TUE MAY 10 2011 ...WINDY FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON... .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH OF ARIZONA WILL BRING ANOTHER DAY OF WINDY CONDITIONS TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. AZZ513-110200- /O.EXA.KTWC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110511T0200Z/ DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BISBEE 1227 PM MST TUE MAY 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ507>512-110200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110511T0200Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... CHIRICAHUA NM 1227 PM MST TUE MAY 10 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...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS. 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. && $$
159 WWUS75 KTWC 110201 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 701 PM MST TUE MAY 10 2011 AZZ507>513-110315- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110511T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE 701 PM MST TUE MAY 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCALES MAY EXPERIENCE GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA HAS SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN WINDS THIS EVENING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.