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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 2, 2012Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2012, 2:10 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 2, 2012, 2:10 PM MST (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2012, 3:00 PM MST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

County Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Sep 2, 9:40 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 9:40 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 11:00 AM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1100 AM MST SUN SEP 2 2012

AZZ501>503-505-515-030600-
WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-
UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS-
1100 AM MST SUN SEP 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THEY PUSH WEST
NORTHWEST. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH OTHERWISE THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE HEAVY
RAIN. LOCALIZED RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM
STORMS AND COMBINED WITH RAINFALL FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

DEEPER MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO THE AREA THIS WEEK
LEADING TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MAIN
THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
THERE WILL BE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS...ESPECIALLY MONDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AZZ504-506-514-030600-
TUCSON METRO AREA-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS-
1100 AM MST SUN SEP 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THIS AREA IS IN BETWEEN DEEPER MOISTURE TO THE WEST AND A DRIER
ATMOSPHERE TO THE EAST. STILL WILL SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

DEEPER MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO THE AREA THIS WEEK LEADING
TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MAIN THREAT FROM
STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AZZ507>513-030600-
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-
1100 AM MST SUN SEP 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DUE TO MOISTURE NOT BEING AS DEEP AS AREAS TO THE WEST...EXPECTED ONLY
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

DEEPER MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO THE AREA THIS WEEK LEADING
TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MAIN THREAT FROM
STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

.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, Sep 2, 2:10 PM MST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
210 PM MST SUN SEP 2 2012

AZZ503-513-022200-
DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING
BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON AZ-UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND ALTAR
VALLEYS INCLUDING NOGALES AZ-
210 PM MST SUN SEP 2 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY UNTIL
300 PM MST...

AT 206 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TUBAC...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN VALLEY.
THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TUBAC...AMADO AND TUMACACORI.

LAT...LON 3152 11115 3173 11116 3172 11080 3156 11077
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 073DEG 1KT 3161 11102

GL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:50 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima115 min
Sep 2, 3:19 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC56 min
Sep 2, 3:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal50 min
Sep 2, 3:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima44 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima85 min
Sep 2, 3:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCPima47 min
Sep 2, 3:59 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima91 min
Sep 2, 4:15 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima, Santa Cruz3 hr
Sep 2, 4:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima23 min
Sep 2, 4:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min

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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.