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 1, 2:10 PM MST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 210 PM MST SAT JUL 1 2006 .SYNOPSIS...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NEXT WEEK. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION...KEMX WSR-88D DETECTED SCATTERED MOSTLY LESS THAN 45 DBZ ECHOES MOVING WNWWD AROUND 10 KTS OVER FAR SRN PIMA/SANTA CRUZ/ COCHISE COUNTIES AT 2105Z. OTHER SCATTERED MOSTLY LESS THAN 40 DBZ ECHOES WERE MOVING SWWD AROUND 5-10 KTS VICINITY WHITE MOUNTAINS. THE REST OF SE AZ WAS VOID OF PRECIP ECHOES. 01/18Z NAM DEPICTED MEASURABLE PRECIP ACROSS SANTA CRUZ/ERN PIMA/SE PINAL AND GRAHAM COUNTIES THIS EVENING. WILL OPT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SIMILAR TO NAM DEPICTION THIS EVENING. WILL DEPICT LOWER POPS ACROSS FAR WRN PIMA COUNTY AND ACROSS FAR ERN COCHISE COUNTY NEAR THE NM BORDER. BELIEVE THAT ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF SIGNIFICANCE WILL END AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SIMILAR TO THE 01/18Z NAM SOLUTION. UPPER HIGH PROGGED TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY NORTH OF THIS FORECAST AREA...GENERALLY NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. RESULTANT EASTERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW IN COMBINATION WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...THROUGH MUCH OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. 01/12Z NAM DEPICTED POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE SURGE SUN NIGHT WHILE THE 01/12Z GFS WAS NOT QUITE SO ROBUST WITH THIS SCENARIO. HOWEVER 01/12Z GFSX MOS POP FOR KTUS WAS 53 PERCENT FOR TUE. PER COORD WITH WFO PSR WILL OPT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH EXPECTATION THAT MONDAY WILL BE THE PROVERBIAL UP-DAY FOR PRECIP. OF COURSE...THIS SCENARIO IS STILL SUBJECT TO REVISION...TUE COULD EASILY BE THE UP-DAY...AND MON CLOUD DEBRIS/GUNK COULD PREVAIL INSTEAD OF WIDESPREAD PRECIP. AT ANY RATE...GFS SHIFTS UPPER HIGH EWD BY THUR IN RESPONSE TO ERN PACIFIC TROUGH AND MID-LEVEL FLOW BECOMES INCREASINGLY SWLY...OR AT LEAST FROM A MODEL-PERSPECTIVE...BY FRI. FAIRLY MOIST 700-300 MB LAYER STILL PROGGED VIA GFS DURING THE FRI-SAT PERIOD SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST LOW-GRADE POPS. DAYTIME MAX TEMPS THIS FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS FOR EARLY JULY. HOWEVER EXPECT ABOVE-NORMAL MIN TEMPS TO CONTINUE. && .CLIMATE...THE 2006 MONSOON START DATE WAS JUNE 28. THE AVERAGE DEWPOINT AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FINALLY BROKE THROUGH THE 54 DEGREE BARRIER WITH A VALUE OF 56 DEGREES ON JUNE 28. THE AVERAGE DEWPOINT FOR JUNE 29 CONTINUED THIS UPWARD TREND...ENDING THE DAY AT 58 DEGREES. AND THE DAILY AVERAGE DEWPOINT FOR JUNE 30 WAS 57 DEGREES. THUS...THE OFFICIAL START FOR THE 2006 MONSOON SEASON HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS JUNE 28...THE FIRST OF THE THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY DEWPOINT OF 54 DEGREES OR HIGHER. WHILE THIS FALLS BEFORE THE STATISTICAL AVERAGE START DATE OF JULY 3...THIS WILL BE THE 5TH TIME THE MONSOON SEASON HAS STARTED ON JUNE 28... ALONG WITH 1956...1959...1966 AND 1976...MAKING JUNE 28 THE SECOND DATE FAVORED BY CLIMATOLOGY. THE FIRST...OF COURSE...BEING THE STATISTICAL AVERAGE OF JULY 3RD...WHICH CLAIMS 6 MONSOON START DATES (2001/1998/1971/1968/1963/AND 1960). && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && BF WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong thunderstorm wind gust caused a 2 foot diameter, 40 foot tall tree to be snapped in half 5 miles west southwest of the Town of Catalina.
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