Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 28, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2017, 2:57 AM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2017, 2:57 AM MST (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2017, 1:00 PM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
644 WWUS75 KPSR 100957 NPWPSR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 257 AM MST Sun Dec 10 2017 AZZ547-552-557-558-102000- /O.NEW.KPSR.WI.Y.0028.171210T0957Z-171210T2000Z/ Rio Verde/Salt River-Superior-Mazatzal Mountains- Pinal/Superstition Mountains- Including the cities of Superior and Sunflower 257 AM MST Sun Dec 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 1 PM MST this afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of the higher terrain of Maricopa, Pinal and Gila Counties. * TIMING...Through early afternoon. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Windy conditions are expected through mountain passes, gaps and channels including near the Salt River. Motorists should be alert for difficult driving conditions. Boaters may also encounter windy conditions on area lakes including Apache Lake and Saguaro Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution. && $$
1 follow-up statement
704 WWUS75 KPSR 102010 NPWPSR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 110 PM MST Sun Dec 10 2017 AZZ547-552-557-558-102115- /O.EXP.KPSR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-171210T2000Z/ Rio Verde/Salt River-Superior-Mazatzal Mountains- Pinal/Superstition Mountains- Including the cities of Superior and Sunflower 110 PM MST Sun Dec 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Wind gusts near 30 mph will still be possible this afternoon. $$
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.