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 Jan 25, 3:00 AM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 300 AM MST WED JAN 25 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO BRING SOME MOISTURE NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY EAST OF THE TUCSON AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY...EXCEPT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTY WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVERHEAD ON THURSDAY...WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSING ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY THIS COMING WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...WELL DEFINED UPPER LOW CAN BE SEEN IN BOTH WATER VAPOR AND IR SATELLITE IMAGERY JUST WEST OF NORTHERN BAJA IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 32 DEG N LAT 118 DEG W LONG. FARTHER EAST OVER NORTHEAST SONORA AND NW CHIHUAHUA RADARS ARE DETECTING SOME VERY HEALTHY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF COCHISE COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING QUITE RAPIDLY (40-50 MPH) AND A SPOTTER RECENTLY PHONED IN WITH A REPORT OF 1/2 INCH HAIL AS THE LEAD STORM MOVED THROUGH THE HEREFORD AREA. WINDS REPORTED BY THE SPOTTER WERE SURPRISINGLY NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH GENERALLY 20 MPH AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH. THIS STORM HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED NORTH. THE CURRENT LOCATION AS OF 2:45 AM MST IS NEAR TEXAS CANYON ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PLENTY OF DRY AIR WRAPPING INTO THE LOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST. DEMARCATION LINE BETWEEN VERY DRY MID LEVEL AIR AND MOIST AIR IS GENERALLY ALONG THE PINAL/GRAHAM COUNTY LINE AND SOUTH ALONG THE PIMA/COCHISE COUNTY LINE. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE EAST OF THIS LINE AS CURRENTLY INDICATED BY LATEST RADAR TRENDS. HOWEVER...AS THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA...THE ASSOCIATED COLD POOL OF AIR ALOFT WITH THE SYSTEM WILL HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS. AS A RESULT WE COULD SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR WESTERN AND CENTRAL DESERTS (INCLUDING TUCSON WESTWARD). MODEL OF CHOICE THIS MORNING IS THE GFS WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER HANDLE ON THE DRY SLOT WHICH IS CURRENTLY WRAPPING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. BASED ON THE GFS SOLUTION AS WELL AS SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS I TRIMMED INHERITED POPS BACK A BIT...MAINLY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL DESERTS. DAYSHIFT WILL HAVE TO KEEP AND EYE ON THE SITUATION AS IT EVOLVES AND ADDITIONAL UPDATES MAY BE REQUIRED DURING THE DAY...BUT FOR NOW THINK THE FORECAST IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ONGOING SCENARIO. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS HAVE BEEN TRIMMED BACK A BIT FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS. FOR HANNAGAN MEADOW IN NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY STORM TOTAL WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES. FOR THE PINALENO MOUNTAINS (MT. GRAHAM) IN SOUTH CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY AND THE CHIRICAHUAS IN EAST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES. FOR THE SANTA CATALINAS IN NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY ONLY EXPECTING AROUND AN INCH...AND EVEN THESE AMOUNTS WILL HAVE TO BE REEVALUATED IF THE DRY SLOT SHUTS DOWN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DESERTS. ONCE THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY WE SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN CLOUDS AND DIMINISHING PRECIPITATION CHANCES. ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM WILL BRUSH PAST THE STATE LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY...SO KEPT THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE WHITES FOR THAT TIME FRAME. THEREAFTER WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT WEEK WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR THE TUCSON AREA. A WARMUP INTO THE LOWER 70S WILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .CLIMATE...THE LAST MEASURABLE RAIN AT KTUS WAS ON DEC 12 2005 /0.01 INCH/. THE LAST TIME KTUS RECEIVED 0.10 OF AN INCH WAS ON OCT 17 2005. && .AVIATION...TAF AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MOLLERE WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 235 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2006 AZZ019-030-252145- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- 235 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...EVEN AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 8000 FEET BY MORNING. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS BY MORNING...SOME OF WHICH COULD FREEZE ON ROAD SURFACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SNOW LEVEL FALLS TO 6000 FEET. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON SOUTH-FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ033-252145- TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY- 235 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...EVEN AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 8000 FEET BY MORNING. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THE SNOW LEVEL FALLS TO 6000 FEET. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON SOUTH-FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ034-035-252145- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 235 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA WILL BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT...EVEN AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AS THE SNOW LEVEL REMAINS ABOVE 8000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS THE SNOW LEVEL FALLS TO 6500 FEET. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON MOUNTAIN TOPS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ029-031-032-252145- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION- 235 PM MST TUE JAN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. PYTLAK
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:40 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A low pressure system off the west coast of Baja California brought moisture north from the Gulf of Mexico into Southeastern Arizona. This moisture allowed for isolated showers and thunderstorms to develop in Cochise County. Several trained spotters reported that a severe thunderstorm produced three quarter inch hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5491382.