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 7, 2:25 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 225 PM MST THU JUL 7 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND HOT DAYS. EXPECT LITTLE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OTHER THAN NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...WHERE SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPILL OVER FROM NORTHERN MEXICO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. && .DISCUSSION...AS OF 21Z THE KEMX RADAR IS DETECTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED 45 TO 50 DBZ CELLS AND ISOLATED 55 TO 60 DBZ CELLS SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN NORTHEAST SONORA. THESE STORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. AS EXPECTED THIS ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED MUCH CLOSER TO THE BORDER THAN WAS THE CASE YESTERDAY WHEN THE CLOSEST STORMS WERE 75 MILES FROM THE ARIZONA BORDER. EVEN A FEW CELLS NOTED WITHIN SANTA CRUZ AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY...BUT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING FROM THOSE CELLS IS LIKELY TO BE VIRGA. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SOME MOISTURE LINGERING NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER OR IN NEW MEXICO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE NAM IS THE MOST ROBUST WITH THIS SOLUTION AND ACTUALLY SHOWS BULLSEYES OF AROUND A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH AMOUNTS MOVING NORTHWARD OVER COCHISE COUNTY THIS EVENING WITH QUARTER TO HALF INCH AMOUNTS IN SONORA. THE GFS AND NGM DO NOT SHOW ANY QPF AMOUNTS FOR THAT TIME PERIOD...BUT THEY DO SHOW AN INCREASE IN MEAN RH. MODELS INDICATE THAT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER ALONG THE NEW MEXICO AND INTERNATIONAL BORDERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED...BUT STILL IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY. THROUGH THE WEEKEND THE THREAT FOR STORMS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 19...GENERALLY. THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH IS TO OUR SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTH...BUT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND THE POSITION OF THE HIGH WILL SHIFT TO A MORE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTATION ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS SHOULD ALLOW A BIT MORE MOISTURE TO CREEP INTO THE AREA THROUGH MID TO LATE WEEK AS THE LOW TO MID LEVEL WINDS TAKE ON A MORE EASTERLY OR NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT AND THE GFS IS ADVERTISING SOME MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD BOUNDARY FROM THE PLAINS DROPPING DOWN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGH AND INTO NEW MEXICO AND POSSIBLY ARIZONA BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. DECIDED TO KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS IN THE GRIDS/ZONES THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY INVOLVED. SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST POPS UPWARD AND INCREASE AREAL COVERAGE IF THE MODELS CONTINUE TO HANG ON TO A WETTER SOLUTION. GFS AND ECMWF ARE BOTH ADVERTISING A 598-600 DM HIGH TO DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT BASIN OR PERHAPS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WHICH WILL RESULT IN VERY WARM TEMPERATURES. THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR DAYTIME HIGHS FOR THE TUCSON METRO AREA TO HOVER AROUND 106 THROUGH MONDAY AND THEN 107 FOR TUESDAY. HOWEVER...IF THE HIGH DEVELOPS AS STRONG AS THE MODELS INDICATE...TUESDAY COULD SEE TEMPS APPROACHING THE 110 DEGREE MARK ONCE AGAIN. AS MOISTURE INCREASES THROUGH THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK DAYTIME HIGHS WILL MODERATE BACK DOWN TO 103 TO 105. && .FIRE WEATHER...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...THE EXCEPTION BEING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER FROM NOGALES EASTWARD WHERE THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...DAYTIME MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...WITH POOR NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE DIURNAL IN NATURE...WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON DUE TO THE STRONG SURFACE HEATING. && .AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC DISCUSSION...MOLLERE FIRE WEATHER/AVIATION...ZELL WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1155 AM MST THU JUL 7 2005 AZZ019-029>034-081400- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY- 1155 AM MST THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ035-081400- COCHISE COUNTY- 1155 AM MST THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COCHISE COUNTY .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER OF COCHISE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT MAY APPROACH 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THIS PERIOD...MAINLY NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION 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), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm that moved through the Southeast side of the Tucson Metro Area caused some damage as estimated wind gusts of 50 mph (43 knots) moved across the area. The winds blew a power line off its pole as well as blew a street sign down.
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