Alert archive / Arizona / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2015, 1:01 PM MST for Greenlee County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 24, 2015, 1:01 PM MST (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2015, 2:00 PM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
County Greenlee County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 24, 8:46 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 8:46 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 846 AM MST WED JUN 24 2015 .SYNOPSIS...AS THE MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE...THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GREATLY INCREASE TODAY. SOME STORMS TODAY WILL GENERATE STRONG WINDS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST POSSIBLE. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH THE WEEKEND SHAPING UP FOR A BUSY THUNDERSTORM PERIOD. AS THIS HAPPENS...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS. && .DISCUSSION...LATEST IR/WV IMAGERY SHOWS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WITH SOME LEFTOVER DEBRIS CLOUDINESS MAINLY ACROSS THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION. THE INVERTED TROUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS IS NOW LOCATED OVER CHIHUAHUA WITH NORTHEAST STEERING FLOW BETWEEN THIS FEATURE AND THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. 12Z KTWC SOUDNING WAS STILL FAIRLY DRY WITH PWAT VALUES UNDER 1 INCH. HOWEVER...LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND MODEL DATA ARE ALL DEPICTING CONSIDERABLE MOISTENING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE TUCSON AREA REMAINS ON THE EDGE OF THE MOISTURE BUT WE ARE SEEING LOWER LEVELS MOISTEN IN THE TUCSON METRO WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S AND THE 50S WITH 50S TO EVEN SOME LOWER 60S ACROSS GRAHAM/GREENLEE/COCHISE COUNTIES. IN TERMS OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY...WE EXPECT A FAIRLY EARLY START ALONG A LOWER LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE...INITIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA FROM EASTERN PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE TUCSON METRO AREA AND ADJACENT CATALINA/RINCON MOUNTAINS SOUTHWARD INTO THE SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. WITH THE STRONG INVERTED-V PROFILES THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING DUST PUSHING MAINLY TO THE WEST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN INCH IN VALLEYS WITH THE MAJORITY OF VALLEY LOCATIONS FROM TUCSON WESTWARD SEEING PRIMARILY WIND IMPACTS. SOME HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. MEANWHILE...WE ALSO EXPECT DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PUSH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND LIKELY RESULT IN GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS MAINLY ACROSS PINAL COUNTY INTO THIS EVENING. LATEST FORECAST HAS THIS SCENARIO COVERED WELL SO NO UPDATES THIS MORNING. && .AVIATION...VALID THROUGH 25/18Z. MOSTLY CLEAR THIS MORNING WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS CLEARING. HOWEVER...SCT-BKN CLOUDS ABOVE 7-9KFT AGL WILL INCREASE STARTING AFTER 24/18Z WITH SCT TSRA COVERAGE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AFFECTING MUCH OF SE AZ AFTER 24/19Z. STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40-50 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH RELATIVELY BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE DIRECTED INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO RAMP UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL SPREAD WESTWARD EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH REST OF THE WEEK. INITIAL THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOWS AND DRY LIGHTNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY UNTIL MOISTURE BECOMES MORE ENTRENCHED. WIND GUSTS OF 35-45 MPH WILL BE FAIRLY COMMON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE STRONGEST AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING STORMS TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. EASTERLY WINDS CURRENTLY OVER MUCH OF ZONE 152 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SWING BACK AROUND TO A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WINDS WILL BE EASTERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON GL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:38 PM MST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1238 PM MST WED JUN 24 2015 AZZ508-512-242015- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT AZ- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ- 1238 PM MST WED JUN 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM MST... AT 1237 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BISBEE-DOUGLAS AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY WEST OF DOUGLAS. LAT...LON 3149 10934 3165 10945 3189 10905 3161 10905 TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 021DEG 15KT 3141 10962 GL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:59 PM MST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1259 PM MST WED JUN 24 2015 AZZ503-513-242045- DRAGOON/MULE/HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING BISBEE/CANELO HILLS/MADERA CANYON AZ- UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND ALTAR VALLEYS INCLUDING NOGALES AZ- 1259 PM MST WED JUN 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM MST... AT 1257 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NOGALES...RIO RICO SOUTHEAST...PATAGONIA...PATAGONIA LAKE...LOCHIEL AND KINO SPRINGS. LAT...LON 3170 11089 3154 11055 3133 11056 3133 11099 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 026DEG 3KT 3144 11074 GL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:01 PM MST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
101 PM MST WED JUN 24 2015
AZZ509-510-242100-
WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES INCLUDING HANNAGAN
MEADOW AZ-
UPPER GILA RIVER AND ARAVAIPA VALLEYS INCLUDING CLIFTON/SAFFORD AZ-
101 PM MST WED JUN 24 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENLEE AND NORTH
CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MST...
AT 100 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SERIES OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF POINT-OF-PINES...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 20 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANNAGAN MEADOW...POINT-OF-PINES AND ROSE PEAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 10911 3341 10939 3330 10983 3354 10989
3355 10985 3350 10981 3349 10981 3348 10977
3356 10967 3357 10968 3358 10966 3358 10962
3361 10961 3363 10956 3362 10953 3366 10948
3370 10947 3373 10936 3374 10936 3377 10928
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 041DEG 17KT 3346 10969
CANTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 41 min | |
| Jun 24, 12:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 12:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 12:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 50 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 3:27 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 3:41 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 2 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.