Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2012, 1:08 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 1:08 PM MST (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 4 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 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519 WWUS75 KTWC 182008 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 108 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 AZZ508-190000- /O.CAN.KTWC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.120318T2008Z-120319T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0007.120319T0000Z-120319T0300Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLCOX 108 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TH ROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE OR LOWER. 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. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 40 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AZZ507-182115- /O.CAN.KTWC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0007.120319T0000Z-120319T0300Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON 108 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY AND HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ503-509>511-513>515-182115- /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120319T0300Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR 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- CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS-BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NOGALES...CLIFTON...SAFFORD... HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 108 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ512-190000- /O.EXT.KTWC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHIRICAHUA NM 108 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HIGHER. * IMPACTS...VERY LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE OR LOWER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
449 WWUS75 KTWC 190008 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 508 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 AZZ508-190115- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLCOX 508 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ AZZ512-190115- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHIRICAHUA NM 508 PM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:37 AM MST | High Wind Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz | 7 hr |
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.