Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
126 PM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

.SYNOPSIS...An active period of daily scattered showers and
thunderstorms during the next 7 days. High temperatures will be
below normal into next week.

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.DISCUSSION...After morning convection from Tucson westward,
considerable debris cloudiness remains with temperatures very slow
to warm. We're starting to see some breaks in the overcast in these
areas and expect that trend to continue through the afternoon.
Meanwhile, for locales east of Tucson, there has been plenty of
solar insolation resulting in increased instability. Latest RAP
analyses shows MLCAPE values of 1000-2000 J/KG with little to no CIN
across Cochise/Graham/Greenlee Counties. We're already starting to
see shower and thunderstorm activity develop on the higher terrain
to the east of Tucson. Given the favorable environment, expect
scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms to continue through
the afternoon. The larger scale northerly flow will tend to push the
thunderstorms from north to south into the early evening hours. Main
concerns will continue to be heavy rain and gusty winds with the
stronger storms.

Starting tonight and through Friday there are some apparent
differences in the CAMs with how convection will evolve. In the
bigger picture, there is a mid level disturbance across
north/central Arizona that is progged to move to the south, then
southwest tonight and become fairly stationary as an inverted trough
on Friday over southeast Arizona. One possible scenario is that the
thunderstorm activity building across eastern areas this afternoon
diminishes this evening, but then as that aforementioned disturbance
moves to the south and west, some new convection develops late at
night or in the early morning hours Friday. If that occurs, some
areas could be worked over and have more limited chances for renewed
thunderstorm development Friday afternoon and evening. On the other
hand, if we see little in the way of thunderstorm activity late
tonight or Friday morning, that will likely set the stage for more
widespread showers and thunderstorms Friday afternoon into Friday
evening. In either scenario, given the deep moisture in place along
with fairly slow storm movement, we felt it was prudent to extend
the Flash Flood Watch through 11 PM Friday.

For this weekend and continuing through the middle of next week, we
are in a solid continuous active monsoon pattern. With the mid level
high to our north, easterly flow with ample moisture will continue.
Certainly there will be some up and down days relatively speaking
which we'll try to hone in on in the shorter term. Given this
pattern, temperatures will remain below normal.

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.AVIATION...Valid through 17/00Z.
SCT-BKN clouds at 8k-12k ft MSL and BKN-OVC clouds AOA 20k ft MSL
over most of the period. Expect isolated to scattered -SHRA/-TSRA
this afternoon mainly east of KTUS and KOLS. Coverage will likely
expand further west this evening with storms in the vicinity of KTUS
and KOLS. There could be some isolated storms overnight but
confidence is low at this time. Wind gusts to 45 kts possible near
any TSRA along brief MVFR conditions. Otherwise, SFC wind generally
less than 12 kts. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF amendments.

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.FIRE WEATHER...There will be a good chance of showers and
thunderstorms across southeast Arizona the next week. Gusty outflow
winds will be the primary concern with the daily storms along with
heavy rainfall. Min RH values will be in the 25-35 percent range at
the lower elevations, with higher values in the mountains. Outside
of some stronger NWLY winds at 15-20 mph in the Gila River valley
this afternoon, 20-foot winds will generally be less than 15 mph and
follow normal diurnal trends when not influenced by thunderstorms.

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.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 Flash Flood Watch through Friday evening for AZZ503>515.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
840 AM MST THU JUL 15 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NW TUCSON             32.25N 110.99W
07/15/2021                   PIMA               AZ   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A STRANDED DRIVER
            IN THE AREA OF FAIRVIEW AVE AND PARIS
            PROMENADE.

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KJS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
923 AM MST THU JUL 15 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 NW TUCSON             32.25N 110.99W
07/15/2021                   PIMA               AZ   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM 7
            NW TUCSON. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 3
            STRANDED DRIVERS IN THE AREA OF FAIRVIEW
            AVE, PARIS PROMENADE AVE, AND GRANT RD.

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KJS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
155 PM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

AZZ509-152130-
Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford-
155 PM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL GRAHAM AND SOUTHERN
GREENLEE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MST...

At 155 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Clifton, moving southeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Clifton, Duncan, York, Three Way and Guthrie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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LAT...LON 3262 10925 3292 10947 3304 10930 3282 10904
      3275 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 321DEG 22KT 3293 10934

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