Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2015, 10:23 AM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2015, 10:23 AM MST (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2015, 3:00 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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 (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KTWC 151723 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1023 AM MST SUN MAR 15 2015 AZZ507-152200- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0003.150315T1723Z-150315T2200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON 1023 AM MST SUN MAR 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA AND BENSON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WILL DECREASE BY THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
1 follow-up statement
280 WWUS75 KTWC 152206 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 306 PM MST SUN MAR 15 2015 AZZ507-152315- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150315T2200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...BENSON 306 PM MST SUN MAR 15 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
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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.