Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at May 25, 2016, 2:50 AM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It took effect at May 25, 2016, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2016, 2:50 AM MST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 09:49 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 00:00Z, 9.8 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
- 4917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
657 WWUS75 KTWC 250950 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 250 AM MST WED MAY 25 2016 AZZ507-508-512-513-260200- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0009.160525T1900Z-160526T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE... CANELO HILLS 250 AM MST WED MAY 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS. BLOWING DUST MAY QUICKLY AND DANGEROUSLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. * TIMING...NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. EXPECT HIGHER SPEEDS 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. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
579 WWUS75 KTWC 252120 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 220 PM MST WED MAY 25 2016 AZZ507-508-512-513-260200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160526T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE... CANELO HILLS 220 PM MST WED MAY 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE AFFECTED BY STRONG WINDS. BLOWING DUST MAY QUICKLY AND DANGEROUSLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40-45 MPH. EXPECT HIGHER SPEEDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST COCHSIE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...OR 35 MPH OR GREATER ABOVE 5000 FEET. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
101 WWUS75 KTWC 260158 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 658 PM MST WED MAY 25 2016 AZZ507-508-512-513-260300- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160526T0200Z/ UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA VISTA...CHIRICAHUA NM...BISBEE... CANELO HILLS 658 PM MST WED MAY 25 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... PERIODICALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO THIS EVENING...BUT SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST. $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
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.