An area of thunderstorms over the Tohono O'odham Nation caused minor damage to a home.
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An area of thunderstorms over the Tohono O'odham Nation caused minor damage to a home.
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 Jul 1, 2:00 PM MST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 200 PM MST TUE JUL 1 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEK. THE FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE A DAILY CYCLE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY FROM THE TUCSON AREA EASTWARD...ALONG WITH SEASONABLY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION...SCENARIO THIS AFTERNOON UNFOLDING AS EXPECTED...AND A VERY AVERAGE THUNDERSTORM SEASON DAY IT SHOULD BE. OUTFLOW FROM THE RIM MOVING THROUGH GRAHAM COUNTY WITH ISOLATED TERRAIN DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE. A FEW STORMS COULD GET STRONG AND EXCEED SEVERE LEVELS...BUT THAT IS TRUE ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THE SEASON HERE. A FEW FEATURES OF INTEREST EARLIER TODAY. 12Z KTUS SOUNDING PRECIPITABLE WATER TRENDS ARE UP AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME COOLING FROM H5 TO H7 OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. STEERING LEVEL FLOW STILL FROM THE NORTHEAST BUT NOT QUITE AS AGGRESSIVE...SEEMS LIKE A DECENT RIM OUTFLOW DAY EXCEPT THAT GOES SOUNDER ESTIMATES WERE SHOWING SOME DRYING UPSTREAM NEAR THE EAST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. AS EXPECTED THIS DRY SPOT FILLED AND LOW END SCATTERED CONVECTION COVERAGE WAS MANAGED THERE...WITH OUTFLOW PROPAGATION SOUTHWEST INTO MORE FAVORABLE MOISTURE REGIME. THIS WOULD STILL BRING THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AFTER 5 PM MST (EXCEPT FOR MUCH EARLIER INITIAL HIGHER TERRAIN DEVELOPMENT). HIGH CENTER GENERALLY NORTH OF US THIS WEEK...SOME FORM OF EASTERLY FLOW WITH MODERATE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...NOT PRIME THUNDERSTORM SEASON COVERAGE BUT STILL A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS. DECENT PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL UP THE GULF OF CA...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT LARGE SCALE FEATURE TO ASSIST IN DEEP SURGE AT THIS POINT. && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEK. THE FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE A DAILY CYCLE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY FROM THE TUCSON AREA EASTWARD...ALONG WITH SEASONABLY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG...ERRATIC...AND GUSTY WINDS. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM TUCSON EASTWARD. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN AREAS THROUGH 06Z WED...WHERE WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY AT TIMES. OUTFLOW WINDS WITH STORMS COULD HAVE GUSTS TO NEAR 45 KTS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .CLIMATE...JUNE 2008 WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE SIXTH WARMEST ON RECORD FOR TUCSON. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 530 AM MST TUE JUL 1 2008 AZZ029-030-033>035-020400- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 530 AM MST TUE JUL 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .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.
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof blew off an adobe house in the village of Santa Rosa on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
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