Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2017, 2:18 PM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Mar 28, 2017, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2017, 2:18 PM MST (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2017, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2017, 1:08 PM MST
- In force
- 2 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 21:19 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, 9.3 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
- 2847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
965 WWUS75 KTWC 272118 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tucson AZ 218 PM MST Mon Mar 27 2017 AZZ507>509-511>513-281400- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0004.170328T1800Z-170329T0200Z/ 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, Benson, Willcox, Clifton, Safford, Mount Graham, Chiricahua NM, Bisbee, and Canelo Hills 218 PM MST Mon Mar 27 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY... The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 11 AM to 7 PM MST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Motorists of high profile vehicles should exercise caution while driving. Sudden gusts of wind may cause motorists to lose control of their vehicles. In addition...loose and unsecured outdoor objects may be blown around. * AFFECTED AREA...Cochise, Southern Graham, Southern Greenlee and far Eastern Santa Cruz counties. * TIMING...Winds will begin to increase Tuesday mid-morning, with the strongest wind developing in the higher elevations late Tuesday morning, then across the valley locations in the early afternoon. Winds will diminish Tuesday evening. * WINDS...Sustained west winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of 45 mph becoming northwest in the late afternoon. * 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. && $$ Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
2 follow-up statements
021 WWUS75 KTWC 281005 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tucson AZ 305 AM MST Tue Mar 28 2017 AZZ507>509-511>513-290200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0004.170328T1800Z-170329T0200Z/ Upper San Pedro River Valley- Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet-Upper Gila River Valley- Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains-Chiricahua Mountains- Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains- Including the cities of Sierra Vista, Benson, Willcox, Clifton, Safford, Mount Graham, Chiricahua NM, Bisbee, and Canelo Hills 305 AM MST Tue Mar 28 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...Motorists of high profile vehicles should exercise caution while driving. Sudden gusts of wind may cause motorists to lose control of their vehicles. In addition... loose and unsecured outdoor objects may be blown around. * AFFECTED AREA...Cochise, Southern Graham, Southern Greenlee and far Eastern Santa Cruz counties. * TIMING...Winds will begin to increase by mid-morning, with the strongest wind developing in the higher elevations late this morning, then across the valley locations in the early afternoon. Winds will diminish this evening. * WINDS...Sustained west winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of 45 mph becoming northwest in the late afternoon. * For a detailed view of the hazard area...visit weather.gov/Tucson and click on the DETAILED HAZARDS TAB PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or greater are expected in the valleys...or 35 mph or greater above 5000 feet. Higher gusts are also likely. This could make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
748 WWUS75 KTWC 282008 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tucson AZ 108 PM MST Tue Mar 28 2017 AZZ507>509-511>513-282115- /O.CAN.KTWC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170329T0200Z/ 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- 108 PM MST Tue Mar 28 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tucson has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Although breezy to locally windy west to northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph will continue to develop across far Southeast Arizona, sustained winds are expected to remain below 30 mph. Therefore, the wind advisory has been cancelled. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:18 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 19 hr |
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.