1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 9, 2:03 PM MST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 203 PM MST WED AUG 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTH THROUGH NORTHERN SONORA MEXICO INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY IS ON TRACK FOR FRIDAY AS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA RESIDES IN A FAVORABLE AREA OF LIFT ALOFT. OTHERWISE...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING OVER THE WEST COAST WILL TURN THE FLOW MORE WESTERLY BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY. THIS WILL SLIGHTLY LOWER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...IT IS GOING TO BE A MODERATELY ACTIVE 36 TO 48 HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AS THE UPPER DEFORMATION AREA EXTENDING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS TO THE NORTHERN BAJA BECOMES RE-ORIENTED TONIGHT...AND THEN FORMS AN UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO. AS OF 200 PM MST... THE KEMX RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THIS ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WHICH IS NOW LOCATED IN NORTHERN SONORA MEXICO. AMAZINGLY...THE 12Z KTUS SOUNDING INDICATED THAT THE BOUNDARY LAYER WAS NOT AS COOLED/WORKED OVER AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...BUT STILL MOIST IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 1.64 INCHES. MOISTURE DEEPER THE FURTHER WEST AS THE 12 KPSR AND K1Y7/YUMA/ SOUNDINGS DEPICTED PWATER VALUES OF 2.00 AND 1.93 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION TO THIS MOISTURE...THE 12Z KTUS SOUNDING INDICATED A WEAK TO MODERATE AMOUNT OF UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN THE MID-LEVELS. THIS SHOULD HELP ORGANIZE THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCE. THE GOES PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY INDICATED DRY AIR ALOFT IN FAR ERN AZ AND NM AVAILABLE FOR ENTRAINMENT INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONGER DOWNDRAFTS. GIVEN ALL OF THIS...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE WET MICROBURSTS WHICH WILL RESULT IN WINDS GUST OVER 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES AND WITH THE GROUND STILL SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAIN EVENTS OF THE PAST 10 DAYS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS A BIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL. THE 12Z GFS INDICATED A BLOB OF 300 MB OMEGA ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF UPPER DIFFLUENCE ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH BECOMING ESTABLISHED TO OUR EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MOISTURE ALREADY PRESENT ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1215 AM MST WED AUG 9 2006 AZZ019-029>035-101400- 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- 1215 PM MST WED AUG 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IS PRESENT AND COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND A DISTURBANCE ALOFT...EXPECT ANOTHER ACTIVE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. MAIN THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE WET MICROBURSTS WHICH WILL RESULT IN WINDS GUST OVER 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES AND WITH THE GROUND STILL SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAIN EVENTS OF THE PAST 10 DAYS...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS A BIT HIGHER THAN NORMAL. STORMS WILL BE DECREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE FOR A CONTINUED DAILY CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. PRIMARY THREAT DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THERE WILL ALSO BE DAILY CHANCES OF LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm near the City of Sierra Vista produced one inch hail (1.00).
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