1 hail, 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 May 26, 10:10 AM MST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1010 AM MST THU MAY 26 2005 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL WEAKEN... WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY LOWERING INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SATURDAY...AND FOR AREAS MAINLY EAST OF TUCSON ON SUNDAY. DRY WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE RETURNS OVER THE AREA. && .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED SCATTERED-BROKEN MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS MOVING NWD ACROSS CENTRAL/ERN SECTIONS AT THIS TIME. GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS FAR WRN PIMA/SE PINAL COUNTIES. DEWPOINTS RANGED FROM THE 30S NE TO THE MID 40S-MID 50S SRN AND WRN SECTIONS. THESE VALUES WERE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO 24 HOURS AGO. SURFACE TEMPS VALID 17Z WERE ABOUT 2-5 DEGS LOWER VERSUS THIS TIME WED. 26/12Z KTUS SOUNDING INDICATED A SOMEWHAT DRIER PROFILE VERSUS 24 HOURS AGO...WITH PRECIP WATER VALUE NEAR 0.55 INCH. MOST PRONOUNCED DRYING VERSUS 24 HOURS AGO WAS IN THE SURFACE-H7 LAYER. SLIGHTLY WARMER IN THE SURFACE-H7 LAYER BUT SLIGHT MID-LEVEL COOLING VERSUS 24 HOURS AGO. ENVIRONMENT STILL SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE...THOUGH A MORE STABLE PROFILE VERSUS WED MORNING...WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUE NEAR MINUS 2 AND UNMODIFIED SURFACE-BASED CAPE OF 519 J/KG. MODIFIED SOUNDING WITH MAX TEMP OF 101 AND DEWPOINT OF 45 YIELDED LIFTED INDEX OF MINUS 4 AND CAPE VALUE AROUND 1265 J/KG. GOES PRECIP WATER IMAGERY INDICATED NEARLY ONE-INCH VALUES JUST S OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER OVER NRN SONORA AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THE PAST COUPLE OF AFTERNOONS NEAR THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS...THEN MOVED EWD AND PRODUCED A FEW DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTS. BELIEVE SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN JUST SE OF KTUS. THUS WILL KEEP INHERITED POP/WEATHER FORECASTS WITHOUT CHANGE. WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH STILL PROGGED TO APPROACH SE AZ FROM THE SW BY LATE FRI...WITH MAIN IMPACT IN THE FORM OF INCREASED CHANCE OF PRECIP SAT AFTERNOON-EARLY SUN. WILL LIKELY REFLECT THIS INCREASED CHANCE OF MEASURABLE PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF SE AZ DURING THIS PERIOD BUT WILL COORDINATE WITH WFO/S PSR/FGZ BEFORE MAKING THIS CHANGE. MOISTURE TO BE SHUNTED EWD STARTING SUN WITH BULK OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE EAST OF THIS FORECAST AREA BY EARLY MON WITH DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING AREAWIDE. FOCUS OF ATTENTION THEN SHIFTS TOWARD MID-LEVEL LOW OFF THE SRN CA/NRN BAJA COAST EARLY-MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. STILL A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY OF THIS POSITION GIVEN THE VARIOUS RUN-TO-RUN MODEL SOLUTIONS. BELIEVE A DRY FORECAST IS IN ORDER AT THIS TIME AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING PROGGED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. && .FIRE WEATHER...EXPECT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 148...WITH DRY WEATHER ELSEWHERE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY. INCREASED MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GENERALLY LIGHT SURFACE WINDS TO PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && BF WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm near the Sierra Vista area produced 0.75 inch hail. A trained spotter reported that hail covered the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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