Alert archive / Arizona / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2012, 1:15 PM MST. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2012, 1:15 PM MST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 3381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 8:30 AM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 8:30 AM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:57 AM MST, 7 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 557 AM MST SAT JUN 16 2012 AZZ503>515-170600- UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-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-BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- 557 AM MST SAT JUN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM TUCSON EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN AREAS PRONE TO DUST STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE NEW MEXICO BORDER SUNDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WITH VERY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL THEN OCCUR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ501-502-170600- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION- 557 AM MST SAT JUN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DRY CONDITIONS WITH VERY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:15 PM MST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 115 PM MST SAT JUN 16 2012 AZZ504-507-514-162100- SANTA CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS INCLUDING MOUNT LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN AZ-TUCSON METRO AREA INCLUDING TUCSON/GREEN VALLEY/MARANA/VAIL AZ-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON AZ- 115 PM MST SAT JUN 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MST... AT 110 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INTERSTATE 10 JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF VAIL...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUCSON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. LAT...LON 3207 11084 3226 11051 3195 11046 3188 11069 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 158DEG 7KT 3200 11058 MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 2:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 38 min | |
| Jun 16, 2:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 3:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 3:38 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 112 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.