Alert archive / Arizona / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this high wind warning at Apr 14, 2012, 9:40 AM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 14, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 9:40 AM MST (16:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 3:05 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
946 WWUS75 KTWC 141641 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 940 AM MST SAT APR 14 2012 AZZ508-512-150045- /O.NEW.KTWC.HW.W.0002.120414T1700Z-120414T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.120414T2300Z-120415T0100Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLCOX...CHIRICAHUA NM 940 AM MST SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY WILL THEN BE IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES COULD BE AS LOW AS ONE MILE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH. SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. HIGH WINDS CAN TOPPLE TREES...BLOW WEAKENED ROOFS OFF HOUSES...AND DOWN POWER LINES. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AND EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES GREATLY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST ON THIS HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. && $$ AZZ507-509>511-513-150045- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.120414T1700Z-120415T0100Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...CLIFTON... SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 940 AM MST SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN WIND PRONE EASTERN LOCATIONS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR IN MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
645 WWUS75 KTWC 142205 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 305 PM MST SAT APR 14 2012 AZZ508-512-142315- /O.CAN.KTWC.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120414T2300Z/ /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.120414T2300Z-120415T0100Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLCOX...CHIRICAHUA NM 305 PM MST SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THUS BOTH THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM MST. $$ AZZ507-509>511-513-142315- /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120415T0100Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...CLIFTON... SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 305 PM MST SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM MST.. $$
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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.