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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 7:48 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 5, 2012, 7:48 PM MST (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 8:15 PM MST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887 WWUS85 KTWC 060248 SPSTWC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 748 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 AZZ507-508-513-060315- DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON AZ- 748 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MST... AT 740 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF BENSON...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLCOX...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BENSON...MESCAL AND KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK. LAT...LON 3176 11044 3223 11044 3218 11001 3180 11010 TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 097DEG 12KT 3199 11021 $$ GL
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 Aug 5, 2:20 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:20 PM MST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 220 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 .SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND MONDAY BEFORE A MODEST DRYING TREND WILL SEE LESS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOTTER TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION...A COUPLE OF MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTICES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WERE COMPLICATING THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. THE FIRST MCV WAS LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL ARIZONA...WITH SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS SUBSIDENCE HELPED CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS NOW STARTING TO FORM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SURFACE HEATING KICKING IN. THE OTHER MCV WAS CENTERED OVER SONORA MEXICO SOUTH OF AJO. THIS FEATURE WAS ALSO LIFTING NORTHWARD AND APPEARED TO BE AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLOUDS OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN PIMA COUNTY. THESE TWO FEATURES COMBINED WITH THE INFLUENCES OF AN INVERTED TROUGH PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN MEXICO POSE SOME UNCERTAINTIES FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE CURRENT THINKING WAS THAT THE SUBSIDENCE WILL WEAKEN AS THE MCV OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA TRACKS FARTHER NORTH. AS THIS HAPPENS...SHOULD START TO SEE THE INFLUENCE OF THE INVERTED TROUGH AND THE SECOND MCV COMING TOGETHER TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING. ALSO EXPECTING THE INVERTED TROUGH TO HELP FORM ANOTHER MCS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO THAT WILL SEND OUTFLOW INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA TRIGGERING MORE SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THEREAFTER...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS WESTWARD THROUGH MID WEEK. THIS WILL CHOKE OFF THE DEEPER MOISTURE ONCE AGAIN...AND STABILIZE THE AIRMASS WITH WARMING ALOFT. AS A RESULT...LIMITED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE FORECAST AFTER TUESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION...SCT-BKN 100-120. WIND SPEEDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS. ISOLD-SCT TSRA DVLPG THRU 06/16Z...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 KTS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THRU THE WEEK...THOUGH MAIN STORY WILL BE THE DRYING AND WARMING TREND EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN RH VALUED CONTINUING TO DROP BELOW VALUES SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SLIGHTLY LATE IN THE WEEK AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH REPOSITIONS OVER NRN AZ. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 10:58 AM MST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1058 AM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 AZZ502>515-060400- TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-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- 1058 AM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS ALONG A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE IN NORTHERN MEXICO WILL HELP ORGANIZE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING IN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS CAN BE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE SAME WEATHER DISTURBANCE AFFECTING THE AREA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BRING MORE THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY.THEREAFTER... SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA RESULTING IN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A DECREASE IN DAILY THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ501-060400- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- 1058 AM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:53 PM MST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
653 PM MST SUN AUG 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR 32.23N 110.81W
08/05/2012 PIMA AZ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE FROM MEDIAN DOWN ON SPEEDWAY AND PANTANO
&&
EVENT NUMBER TWC1200044
RHLocal storm report, Aug 5, 7:19 PM MST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
719 PM MST SUN AUG 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0718 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SE CATALINA 32.48N 110.89W
08/05/2012 E60 MPH PIMA AZ TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER TWC1200045
RHSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 7:32 PM MST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 732 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 AZZ505-506-060315- SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING ELOY/PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK AZ-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING KEARNY/MAMMOTH/ORACLE AZ- 732 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MST... AT 726 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF ORO VALLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RED ROCK AND PICACHO PEAK. LAT...LON 3251 11160 3288 11131 3269 11077 3252 11085 TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 118DEG 10KT 3257 11100 GL
Local storm report, Aug 5, 7:33 PM MST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
733 PM MST SUN AUG 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG TUCSON 32.24N 110.94W
08/05/2012 PIMA AZ LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN ROADS THROUGHOUT TUCSON
&&
EVENT NUMBER TWC1200046
RHLocal storm report, Aug 5, 7:37 PM MST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
737 PM MST SUN AUG 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG TUCSON 32.24N 110.94W
08/05/2012 PIMA AZ LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TELEPHONE POLES AND WIRES DOWN ON SOUTH SIDE
OF TUCSON
&&
EVENT NUMBER TWC1200047
RHSpecial weather statement, Aug 5, 7:48 PM MST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 748 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 AZZ507-508-513-060315- DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON AZ- 748 PM MST SUN AUG 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MST... AT 740 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF BENSON...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLCOX...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BENSON...MESCAL AND KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK. LAT...LON 3176 11044 3223 11044 3218 11001 3180 11010 TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 097DEG 12KT 3199 11021 GL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 5:55 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 50 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 6:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 94 min |
| Aug 5, 6:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 6:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 7:11 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 86 min |
| Aug 5, 7:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 64 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 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.