Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2011, 2:16 PM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Apr 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:16 PM MST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 8:00 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 21:15 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, 9.3 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
- 2229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
890 WWUS75 KTWC 072116 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 216 PM MST THU APR 7 2011 AZZ503-504-506>514-080530- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.110408T1900Z-110409T0300Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-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- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...MAMMOTH...ORACLE...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON... WILLCOX...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS... MADERA CANYON...MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 216 PM MST THU APR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 10 AND 19. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
460 WWUS75 KTWC 080442 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 942 PM MST THU APR 7 2011 AZZ503-504-506>514-081245- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.110408T1900Z-110409T0300Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...MAMMOTH...ORACLE...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON... WILLCOX...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS... MADERA CANYON...MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 942 PM MST THU APR 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 10 AND 19. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
114 WWUS75 KTWC 081015 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 315 AM MST FRI APR 8 2011 AZZ515-082200- /O.EXA.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.110408T1900Z-110409T0300Z/ BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- 315 AM MST FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. 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. && $$ AZZ503-504-506>514-082200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.110408T1900Z-110409T0300Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...MAMMOTH...ORACLE...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON... WILLCOX...DOUGLAS...CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW... MOUNT GRAHAM...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS... MADERA CANYON...MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 315 AM MST FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 10 AND 19. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
645 WWUS75 KTWC 082147 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 247 PM MST FRI APR 8 2011 AZZ507-508-512-513-090700- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110409T0300Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... DOUGLAS...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS...MADERA CANYON 247 PM MST FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 10 AND 19. 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. && $$ AZZ503-504-506-509>511-514-515-090300- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110409T0300Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...MAMMOTH...ORACLE...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM...MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 247 PM MST FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED TODAY AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON INTERSTATES 10 AND 19. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
135 WWUS75 KTWC 090259 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 759 PM MST FRI APR 8 2011 AZZ507-508-512-513-091100- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110409T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... DOUGLAS...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS...MADERA CANYON 759 PM MST FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING...BUT WILL PICK BACK UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS INCREASE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST MAKING TRAVEL 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. && $$ AZZ503-504-506-509>511-514-515-090400- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110409T0300Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY... MARANA...VAIL...MAMMOTH...ORACLE...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM...MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 759 PM MST FRI APR 8 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. $$
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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.