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NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 2:38 PM MST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 238 PM MST TUE JUL 19 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL MOVE TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE TO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATER THIS WEEK. THE RESULTANT SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL MEAN AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE...AS WELL AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...UPPER AIR PLOTS THIS MORNING SHOWED A STRONG ELONGATED SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WITH DEEP EASTERLY FLOW OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO/ARIZONA/NORTHERN SONORA MEXICO. 12Z TUCSON SOUNDING SHOWED THIS DEEP EASTERLY FLOW UP TO 30K. UPPER AIR PLOTS AT 700 MB AND 500 MB ALSO SHOWED A WEAK INVERTED TROF OVER TEXAS BIG BEND. ADDITIONALLY...AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED A WEAK DISTURBANCE NEAR EL PASO...MOVING WEST...WHICH THE MODELS DO NOT HANDLE WELL AT ALL. SKIES THIS MORNING STARTED OFF WITH FULL SUNSHINE WHICH HAS LED TO FULL POTENTIAL OF TEMPERATURE AND ALSO ALLOWED DEWPOINT TO MIX OUT INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S...WHICH HAS ALSO DEVELOPED LARGE T/TD SPREADS...THUS ENHANCING DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FLOW ALOFT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE OUT OF THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST...AND WILL EVENTUALLY TAP INTO MOISTURE REMAINS FROM HURRICANE EMILY...CURRENTLY APPROACHING EASTERN MEXICO COAST SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE. HOWEVER...WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK FURTHER SOUTH IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WHERE TROPICAL STORM EUGENE IS CHURNING SOUTH OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. LATEST GOES PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY SHOWED THAT MOISTURE IS INCREASING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND WITH CURRENT TRACK OF STORM...LIKELY WILL SET UP A SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE UP THE GULF. ALREADY HAVE SOUTHERLY FLOW AT YUMA WHICH ONLY BE ENHANCED BY EUGENE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SO EXPECT CONTINUED AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING WARM/HOT. FRIDAY IS THE BIG CHANGE DAY DUE TO INCREASED MID-LEVEL MOISTURE FROM REMAINS OF EMILY. NOT QUITE SURE IF IT WILL BE AN ACTIVE DAY OR NOT. I CAN ENVISION AND VERY CLOUDY DAY WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS...POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH BREAKS IN AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS WITH MAIN THREAT ON FRIDAY BEING FLASH FLOODING DUE TO TROPICAL NATURE OF ATMOSPHERE. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE...THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...WILL BE STANDARD MONSOON FORECAST. && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG...ERRATIC AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND ON WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST WILL ENTER THE AREA AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO INCREASE STARTING THURSDAY DUE TO THIS INCREASED MOISTURE SUPPLY. A RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND DUE TO INCREASED MOISTURE AND THE PROSPECT OF PRECIPITATION. && .CLIMATE...TODAY IS THE 36TH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER FOR THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS THE SECOND LONGEST STREAK ON RECORD WITH THE RECORD BEING 39 DAYS...SET IN 1987. MONDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF AN AVERAGE DAILY SURFACE DEWPOINT AT TIA GREATER THAN 54 DEGREES F...WITH TODAY LIKELY BEING DAY 2 AND MOS GUIDANCE POINTING THAT WEDNESDAY WILL BE DAY 3. THUS MONDAY...JULY 18TH...WOULD BE THE OFFICIAL START DATE OF THE 2005 MONSOON. THE AREA IS CURRENTLY STANDING AS THE 2ND LATEST START TO THE MONSOON. THE TOP 3 LATEST MONSOON START DATES ARE: 3RD) JULY 17, 1997 2ND) JULY 1?, 2005** **TO BE DETERMINED LATEST) JULY 25, 1987 && .AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS EARLY THIS EVENING AT KTUS THAT MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. && JRG WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1212 PM MST TUE JUL 19 2005 AZZ019-029>035-201400- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 1212 PM MST TUE JUL 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA .DAY ONE...TODAY SYNOPSIS...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN ARIZONA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TODAY...RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORMS FIRST DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVING WEST INTO THE LOWER DESERTS BY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED A DISTURBANCE OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO ROTATING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA. THIS FEATURE WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AIDING CONVECTIVE INITIATION OVER THE EASTERN SKY ISLANDS...OR EASTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE AMPLE MID LEVEL MOISTURE RESIDES. SINCE THE LOWER TO MID LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS MODERATE TODAY...THIS WILL ENHANCE THE CAPABILITY OF THESE STORMS TO ORGANIZE. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHERN ARIZONA INTO THE WESTERN DESERTS BY THIS EVENING. SINCE THE LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION REMAINS SOMEWHAT DRY...THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused numerous large tree limbs (6 inches in diameter) to be downed on the roadway near Harrison Road and Catalina Highway.
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