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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Tucson, AZ

February 25, 20116 counties in Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this winter storm watch at Feb 25, 2011, 2:01 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Feb 26, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2011, 2:01 AM MST (09:01 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 26, 2011, 1:41 PM MST
In force
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 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 25, 2:00 AM MST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:00 AM MST, 1 minute before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 25, 2:03 PM MST	Wind Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	24 hr
Feb 25, 3:39 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		27 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.