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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2014, 10:11 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Apr 12, 2014, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2014, 10:11 AM MST (17:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2014, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 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 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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
- 4531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
946 WWUS75 KTWC 111711 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1011 AM MST FRI APR 11 2014 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POTENTIAL BLOWING DUST SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AZZ503-507>509-511>513-120515- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.140412T1800Z-140413T0200Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...WILLCOX...DOUGLAS... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 1011 AM MST FRI APR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. DRIVING MAY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS WITH STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR IN AND NEAR MOUNTAINS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB 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. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
4 follow-up statements
060 WWUS75 KTWC 120114 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 614 PM MST FRI APR 11 2014 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POTENTIAL BLOWING DUST SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AZZ503-507>509-511>513-121200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.140412T1800Z-140413T0200Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...WILLCOX...DOUGLAS... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 614 PM MST FRI APR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS WITH STRONGEST WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR IN AND NEAR MOUNTAINS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
459 WWUS75 KTWC 121026 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 326 AM MST SAT APR 12 2014 AZZ503-507>509-511>513-122000- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.140412T1800Z-140413T0200Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...WILLCOX...DOUGLAS... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 326 AM MST SAT APR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING HOURS WITH STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB 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. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
540 WWUS75 KTWC 121937 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1237 PM MST SAT APR 12 2014 AZZ503-507>509-511>513-130200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140413T0200Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...WILLCOX... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 1237 PM MST SAT APR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH STRONGEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
193 WWUS75 KTWC 130219 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 719 PM MST SAT APR 12 2014 AZZ503-507>509-511>513-130330- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140413T0200Z/ UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...WILLCOX... CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE...CANELO HILLS 719 PM MST SAT APR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN GRADUALLY DECREASING IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO...WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 MPH HOUR WITH GUST OF AROUND 25 MPH. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:27 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 35 hr |
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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.