Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Feb 26, 2011, 9:35 PM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2011, 9:35 PM MST (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 2:01 AM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 4459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
220 WWUS75 KTWC 270435 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 935 PM MST SAT FEB 26 2011 AZZ503-504-507-508-512>514-271000- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0004.110227T0435Z-110227T1000Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX...CHIRICAHUA NM... BISBEE...CANELO HILLS...MADERA CANYON...MOUNT LEMMON... SUMMERHAVEN 935 PM MST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN SPEED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA FROM THE PRESENT TIME AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND ARE EXPECTED TO MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA BY BETWEEN 10 PM MST AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND REMAIN AT THOSE SPEEDS THROUGH 3 AM MST. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN AND NEAR SIERRA VISTA MAY SEE LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY BE PRESENT...PARTICULARLY IN COCHISE COUNTY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE. RESIDENTS WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO TIE DOWN OR BRING INDOORS ANYTHING THAT MAY BE EASILY CARRIED AWAY OR DAMAGED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
032 WWUS75 KTWC 270901 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 201 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011 AZZ503-504-507-508-512>514-271015- /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110227T1000Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX...CHIRICAHUA NM... BISBEE...CANELO HILLS...MADERA CANYON...MOUNT LEMMON... SUMMERHAVEN 201 AM MST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 1:50 PM MST | Frost Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 19 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.