Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2021, 2:05 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at May 22, 2021, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2021, 2:05 AM MST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2021, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- May 22, 2021, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 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 nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 3593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751 WWUS75 KTWC 220905 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tucson AZ 205 AM MST Sat May 22 2021 AZZ506>514-222300- /O.NEW.KTWC.WI.Y.0006.210522T1800Z-210523T0200Z/ Southeast Pinal County-Upper San Pedro River Valley- Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet-Upper Gila River Valley- White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties- Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains-Chiricahua Mountains- Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains- Catalina and Rincon Mountains- Including the cities of Mammoth, Oracle, Sierra Vista, Benson, Willcox, Clifton, Safford, Hannagan Meadow, Mount Graham, Chiricahua NM, Bisbee, Canelo Hills, Mount Lemmon, and Summerhaven 205 AM MST Sat May 22 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Southeast Pinal County, Upper San Pedro River Valley, Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet, Upper Gila River Valley, White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties, Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains and Catalina and Rincon Mountains. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...These winds may impact drivers of high-profile vehicles traveling along Interstate 10, mainly east of Tucson to the New Mexico state line. These winds will likely produce areas of blowing dust which may rapidly reduce visibilities along roadways, especially along Interstate 10 to the northeast of the Willcox Playa in Cochise county. Gusty winds will also blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
2 follow-up statements
452 WWUS75 KTWC 222111 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tucson AZ 211 PM MST Sat May 22 2021 AZZ506>514-230200- /O.CON.KTWC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210523T0200Z/ Southeast Pinal County-Upper San Pedro River Valley- Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet-Upper Gila River Valley- White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties- Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains-Chiricahua Mountains- Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains- Catalina and Rincon Mountains- Including the cities of Mammoth, Oracle, Sierra Vista, Benson, Willcox, Clifton, Safford, Hannagan Meadow, Mount Graham, Chiricahua NM, Bisbee, Canelo Hills, Mount Lemmon, and Summerhaven 211 PM MST Sat May 22 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Southeast Pinal County, Upper San Pedro River Valley, Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet, Upper Gila River Valley, White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties, Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains and Catalina and Rincon Mountains. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...These winds may impact drivers of high-profile vehicles traveling along Interstate 10, mainly east of Tucson to the New Mexico state line. These winds will likely produce areas of blowing dust which may rapidly reduce visibilities along roadways, especially along Interstate 10 to the northeast of the Willcox Playa in Cochise county. Gusty winds will also blow around unsecured objects. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
792 WWUS75 KTWC 230149 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Tucson AZ 649 PM MST Sat May 22 2021 AZZ506>514-230300- /O.EXP.KTWC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210523T0200Z/ Southeast Pinal County-Upper San Pedro River Valley- Eastern Cochise County below 5000 feet-Upper Gila River Valley- White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties- Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains-Chiricahua Mountains- Dragoon and Mule and Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains- Catalina and Rincon Mountains- Including the cities of Mammoth, Oracle, Sierra Vista, Benson, Willcox, Clifton, Safford, Hannagan Meadow, Mount Graham, Chiricahua NM, Bisbee, Canelo Hills, Mount Lemmon, and Summerhaven 649 PM MST Sat May 22 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... Winds will diminish through the evening hours. $$ 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.