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 Jul 2, 9:35 AM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 935 AM MST SUN JUL 2 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...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS ACROSS CENTRAL/WRN SECTIONS AT THIS TIME...THOUGH GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAILED OVER FAR ERN LOCALES. DEWPOINTS VALID 16Z WERE IN THE 50S-LOWER 60S AND THESE VALUES WERE GENERALLY 2-5 DEGS HIGHER VERSUS 24 HOURS AGO. SURFACE TEMPS WERE ABOUT 2-5 DEGS LOWER VERSUS THIS TIME SAT. 02/12Z KTUS SOUNDING HAD A PRECIP WATER VALUE OF 1.25 INCHES...LIFTED INDEX OF MINUS 5...AND UNMODIFIED SB CAPE OF 2886 J/KG...ALL VALUES SIMILAR TO THE 01/12Z SOUNDING. MID-LEVEL FLOW WOULD FAVOR WESTERLY STORM MOTIONS THOUGH SLOWER VERSUS SAT. 01/12Z UPPER AIR PLOTS INDICATED LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TX WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NW NEW MEXICO. LIGHT ELY/SELY FLOW PREVAILED OVER SRN AZ. FOR TODAY...BELIEVE CONVECTIVE SCENARIO WILL BE SIMILAR TO SAT WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING VICINITY WHITE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS NEAR THE SRN MOUNTAINS...CHIRICAHUAS/HUACHUCAS/ ETC. 02/12Z NAM DEPICTS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE PRECIP AREA BY THIS EVENING WITH JUST FAR WRN PIMA/SE PINAL/FAR ERN COCHISE COUNTIES REMAINING DRY...AT LEAST FROM THIS MODEL PERSPECTIVE. GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT BELIEVE SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOST SECTIONS SEEMS REASONABLE. THUS EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO APPROACH 50 KTS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL GIVEN THE AMPLE MOISTURE... AS WELL AS SLOWER STORM MOTIONS EXPECTED. EASTERLY/SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK AT LEAST AS UPPER HIGH REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY NORTH OF THIS FORECAST AREA. RESULTANT FLOW IN COMBINATION WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL MEAN A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...THROUGH MUCH OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. INCREASED PROGGED MOISTURE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO UPSWING IN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MON-TUE PERIOD AND THIS SCENARIO IS WELL-HANDLED IN THE GRIDDED DATA POP FORECASTS. GFS SHIFTS UPPER HIGH SEWD BY THUR AND MID-LEVEL FLOW BECOMES INCREASINGLY SWLY 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. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && BF WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong thunderstorm brought hail to the Town of Patagonia, with sizes of hail ranging from a quarter of an inch to over three quarters of an inch. Hail was covering the ground in some locations.
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