Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at May 26, 2012, 2:28 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2012, 2:28 AM MST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- 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 09:27 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 5659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WWUS75 KTWC 260928 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 228 AM MST SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WINDY AGAIN TODAY... AZZ507>513-261730- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0015.120526T1800Z-120527T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 228 AM MST SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...WITH STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN AREAS PRONE TO DUST STORMS. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BENSON AND THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
120 WWUS75 KTWC 261740 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1040 AM MST SAT MAY 26 2012 AZZ507>513-270300- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0015.120526T1800Z-120527T0300Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 1040 AM MST SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SPEED LATE THIS MORNING...WITH STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN AREAS PRONE TO DUST STORMS. THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BENSON AND THE NEW MEXICO BORDER. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
943 WWUS75 KTWC 270253 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 753 PM MST SAT MAY 26 2012 AZZ507>513-270400- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120527T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON...WILLCOX... CLIFTON...SAFFORD...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 753 PM MST SAT MAY 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS HAVE NOW DIMINISHED ACROSS GRAHAM...GREENLEE AND COCHISE COUNTIES...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
Nearby
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.