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 Jul 21, 2:40 PM MST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 240 PM MST THU JUL 21 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE FOUR CORNERS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MONSOON MOISTURE INTO THE REGION DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM DISSIPATING TROPICAL DEPRESSION EMILY MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA. EXPECT A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER HIGH MOVES TOWARD SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHERN ARIZONA. && .DISCUSSION...AS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MORNING DISCUSSION...IT LOOKED LIKE AN ACTIVE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING BUT IT WAS NOT CLEAR CUT. TWO FEATURES ARE IMPACTING THE AREA TODAY WITH THE FIRST BEING A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AREA OF DIVERGENCE ALOFT WHICH EXTENDS FROM WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA ACROSS SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN SONORA MEXICO. THIS FEATURE IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH TALL CONVECTION OCCURRING IN THIS AXIS WITH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF NOGALES. SOME OF THE STORMS IN SANTA CRUZ AND IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE INDIAN NATION WERE CLOSE TO SEVERE. THIS AXIS WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT WITH MAIN IMPACT BEING DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ACROSS THE INDIAN NATION AND WESTERN PIMA COUNTY. THE REST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...FROM TUCSON EAST LOOKING RATHER DEAD AS SUBSIDENCE FIELD IN ADVANCE OF THE REMAINS OF TD EMILY HAS CAPPED ANY DEEP CONVECTION. WILL MAY SOME SMALL CHANGES TO THE TONIGHT FORECAST AND HAVE UNCERTAINTY WORDING FROM TUCSON EAST AND AREAL COVERAGE WORDING TO THE WEST. MOISTURE FROM TD EMILY CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CHIHUAHUA MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FIRING OFF IN TEXAS ON EASTERN EDGE OF EMILY. STILL A VERY NOTICEABLE MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION JUST SOUTH OF TEXAS BIG BEND. CLOUD COVER HAS ALSO CUT HEATING WITH CHIHUAHUA MEXICO AROUND 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP CURRENT FORECAST THINKING OF SPREADING CLOUDS/MOISTURE IN OUR AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY LIKELY AS THE CIRCULATION OF EMILY BECOMES AND INVERTED TROF ALOFT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIG FORECAST CHALLENGE...ESPECIALLY SEEING WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN CHIHUAHUA MEXICO TODAY. HAVE CUT HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM MIDNIGHT FORECAST FOR FRIDAY ABOUT 3 TO 6 DEGREES ACROSS THE BOARD AND THIS MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. EXPECTING SCATTERED SHOWERS ON FRIDAY WITH LESS THUNDERSTORMS COVERAGE DUE TO CLOUD COVER CUTTING DOWN HEATING. HOWEVER ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WITH HAVE MORE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY RAINERS THAN WIND MAKERS. MOISTURE HANGING AROUND INTO NEXT WEEK SO WILL KEEP STANDARD MONSOON FORECAST GOING THROUGH DAY 7. && .FIRE WEATHER...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER CENTRAL COLORADO WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING COMBINED WITH MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. JUST LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS...STRONG...ERRATIC AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF EMILY WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...RESULTING IN INCREASING CLOUDS...COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES...HIGHER HUMIDITY...AND INCREASED CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION OVER THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAY IMPACT KTUS AS WIND GUSTS APPROACH 40 KTS BETWEEN 23Z AND 22/03Z. CEILINGS MAY LOWER TO AROUND 7K FT AGL BRIEFLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BUT VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN P6SM. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && FORECAST DISCUSSION...GLUECK FIRE WX/AVIATION DISCUSSIONS...ZELL WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1225 PM MST THU JUL 21 2005 AZZ029>035-220700- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-COCHISE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY- TOHONO OODHAM NATION-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- 1225 PM MST THU JUL 21 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY...SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...COCHISE COUNTY AND PIMA COUNTY .DAY ONE...TODAY SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE IN PLACE COMBINED WITH STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING WEST INTO THE LOWER DESERTS THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND. ALSO OF CONCERN ARE HAIL AND AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. DISCUSSION...STORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...BUT WITH MORE MOISTURE IN PLACE THERE IS A HIGHER RISK FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL. THE TUCSON SOUNDING INDICATES 30KT ENE SHEER...ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF THE STORMS TO ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS/LINES. WITH THE INSTABILITY PRESENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR HAIL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF EMILY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HEAVY RAINFALL. BY NEXT WEEK...THE STANDARD MONSOON FORECAST OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ019-220700- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY- 1225 PM MST THU JUL 21 2005 SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE IN PLACE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM AND SOUTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOVING WEST/SOUTHWEST INTO THE LOWER DESERTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH AND AND SMALL HAIL. DISCUSSION...STORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. THE TUCSON SOUNDING INDICATES 30KT ENE SHEER...ENHANCING THE CAPABILITY OF THE STORMS TO ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS/LINES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR HAIL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF EMILY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HEAVY RAINFALL. BY NEXT WEEK...THE STANDARD MONSOON FORECAST OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ZELL
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large tree branches broke off of an Eucalyptus tree due to strong winds (estimated 50 mph) in the Picture Rocks area.
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