Alert archive / Arizona / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2012, 3:13 AM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Dec 13, 2012, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2012, 3:13 AM MST (10:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2012, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 3402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
365 WWUS45 KTWC 131013 WSWTWC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 313 AM MST THU DEC 13 2012 AZZ510-511-514-132200- /O.UPG.KTWC.WS.A.0002.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTWC.WS.W.0002.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 313 AM MST THU DEC 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 11 INCHES BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FEET...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOUNT GRAHAM...AND MOUNT LEMMON MAY RECEIVE 24 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. && $$ AZZ512-513-132200- /O.NEW.KTWC.WW.Y.0003.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 313 AM MST THU DEC 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE CHIRICAHUA...HUACHUCA...AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY IN THE HUACHUCA AND CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY MOUNTAIN ROADS. POOR VISIBILITY WILL ALSO OCCUR DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
5 follow-up statements
634 WWUS45 KTWC 132112 WSWTWC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 212 PM MST THU DEC 13 2012 AZZ510-511-514-141200- /O.CON.KTWC.WS.W.0002.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 212 PM MST THU DEC 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FEET...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOUNT GRAHAM...AND MOUNT LEMMON MAY RECEIVE 24 INCHES OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. && $$ AZZ512-513-141200- /O.CON.KTWC.WW.Y.0003.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 212 PM MST THU DEC 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FACING PEAKS OF THE CHIRICAHUA...HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY IN THE HUACHUCA AND CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY MOUNTAIN ROADS. POOR VISIBILITY WILL ALSO OCCUR DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
819 WWUS45 KTWC 140324 WSWTWC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 824 PM MST THU DEC 13 2012 AZZ510-511-514-141200- /O.CON.KTWC.WS.W.0002.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 824 PM MST THU DEC 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FEET...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOUNT GRAHAM...AND MOUNT LEMMON MAY RECEIVE 24 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. && $$ AZZ512-513-141200- /O.CON.KTWC.WW.Y.0003.121214T0600Z-121215T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 824 PM MST THU DEC 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FACING PEAKS OF THE CHIRICAHUA...HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY IN THE HUACHUCA AND CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY MOUNTAIN ROADS. POOR VISIBILITY WILL ALSO OCCUR DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
603 WWUS45 KTWC 140926 WSWTWC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 226 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 AZZ510-511-514-150000- /O.CON.KTWC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 226 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW THIS MORNING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN 5000 AND 7000 FEET...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOUNT GRAHAM...AND MOUNT LEMMON MAY RECEIVE 24 INCHES OF SNOW. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. && $$ AZZ512-513-150000- /O.CON.KTWC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 226 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN TO SNOW THIS MORNING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SHOWERY AND INTERMITTENT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST FACING PEAKS OF THE CHIRICAHUA... HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY IN THE HUACHUCA AND CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH SNOW PACKED AND ICY MOUNTAIN ROADS. POOR VISIBILITY WILL ALSO OCCUR DUE TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
159 WWUS45 KTWC 142154 WSWTWC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 254 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 AZZ510-511-514-150600- /O.NEW.KTWC.WW.Y.0004.121215T1200Z-121216T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 254 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...MORE SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CAN BE ANTICIPATED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AZZ512-513-150000- /O.CON.KTWC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 254 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE YET TODAY. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
450 WWUS45 KTWC 150002 WSWTWC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 502 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 AZZ510-511-514-150815- /O.EXP.KTWC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTWC.WW.Y.0004.121215T1200Z-121216T0000Z/ WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNAGAN MEADOW...MOUNT GRAHAM... MOUNT LEMMON...SUMMERHAVEN 502 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...MORE SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CAN BE ANTICIPATED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG HIGH ELEVATION ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY WHICH WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ AZZ512-513-150115- /O.EXP.KTWC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121215T0000Z/ CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 502 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 1 TO 3 INCHES. $$ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 9:45 PM MST | Wind Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz | 38 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:13 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 38 hr |
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.