1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 9:23 AM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 923 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005 .SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO TODAY AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE DROPS DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST. INITIALLY THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY...PARTICULARLY FROM TUCSON EAST. HOWEVER AS THE WEST COAST LOW TURNS WINDS ALOFT TO THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY...DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA. BY MIDWEEK...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED ONLY TO THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER NEW MEXICO BY NEXT WEEKEND...WHICH WILL BRING DEEPER MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION. && .DISCUSSION...RATHER BUSY THIS MORNING WITH FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF OUR CWA. THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE WESTWARD TOWARD THE LOWER DESERTS. THE NEXT AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE TUCSON...GREEN VALLEY...SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY AND THE REST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. WILL LIKELY BE ISSUING ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS FOR THESE AREAS YET THIS MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED AT 619 AM MST SUN AUG 14 2005 BY PYTLAK. CLOSED UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO THROW SURPRISES AT US THIS MORNING. TSTMS HAVE FIRED AS EXPECTED AT THE NOSE OF THE DRY SLOT. WHAT I DID NOT EXPECT WAS FOR THE PRECIP TO WRAP SO FAR BACK INTO SE AZ. KEMX VWP IS SHOWING A WEAK E FLOW GRADUALLY LOWERING THROUGH THE TROPOSPHERE, WHICH SUGGESTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLD CONVEYOR BELT. THAT IS AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT, BE NOT SURPRISING GIVEN HOW WOUND UP THE LOW IS JUST S OF THE NM BOOTHEEL. WITH MORE SHOWERS FILLING IN AS FAR W AS KTUS, HAVE DECIDED TO RAISE POPS A LITTLE MORE FROM KTUS E, ADD SOME +RA WORDING TO ZONE 35, INCREASE THE CLOUD COVER, AND LOWER TEMPS A NOTCH. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE CLOUDS AND MORNING PRECIP CAN SHUT US DOWN LATER TODAY. KTUS 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS A TRIGGER TEMP OF ONLY 84F, BUT MODIFYING FOR 86/60 STILL YIELDS A CAPE AROUND 1300 J/KG. ALSO NOTICED THE 06Z GFS CAME IN LOOKING SIMILAR TO THE 06Z ETA. BOTH HAVE FAIRLY HIGH POPS BUT ARE MORE REASONABLE IN KEEPING THE HEAVIER QPF IN THE E CWA. OUR CURRENT QPF FORECAST COVERS THAT GENERAL IDEA. ALTHOUGH THE GFS LOOKS WAY OFF IN THE SHORT TERM, ITS SOLUTION AFTER TONIGHT STILL LOOKS GOOD AND IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS TRENDS, THE ENSEMBLE MEAN, AND OTHER MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. STARTING MON THE SW FLOW WILL RESUME AND BRING DRIER AND MUCH WARMER AIR INTO ALL OF SE AZ. INITIALLY THE SW FLOW WILL BANK TSTMS UP ALONG THE RIM. BUT FOR TUE/WED/THU, THE MID LEVELS WILL SIMPLY BE TOO WARM TO GET ANYTHING MORE THAN ISOLATED MOUNTAIN TSTMS. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN WEAK, THOUGH, SO LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL NOT ENTIRELY DEPART. THAT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR DAYS 5-7 ONCE THE WESTERLIES RETREAT N AND THE W EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH BUILDS BACK INTO NM. BY DAY 6 THE GFS HAS OUR 700MB DEWPOINTS BACK UP TO MONSOONAL LEVELS WITH 500MB TEMPS COOLING AFTER PEAKING AT AROUND -3C. THIS 2-3 DAY LULL WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB BACK TO NORMAL, WHICH IN TURN WILL ALLOW THE THERMAL LOW TO REDEVELOP AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR GULF OF CA MOISTURE. WILL CONTINUE TREND OF SLOWLY BRING POPS BACK TOWARD CLIMO NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong thunderstorm caused a large fence to be blown down.
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Every storm in Arizona in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5469259.