Severe winds from thunderstorms that developed in New Mexico moved west into Cochise County causing strong winds.
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Severe winds from thunderstorms that developed in New Mexico moved west into Cochise County causing strong winds.
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 Jun 21, 1:30 PM MST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 130 PM MST SAT JUN 21 2008 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECT...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE ANTICIPATE UNTIL SOME MOISTURE CREEPS BACK IN FROM THE SOUTH TOWARD NEXT FRIDAY. && .DISCUSSION...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HOW MUCH AREAL COVERAGE WE CAN EXPECT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BECOME ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO TRACK INTO THE VALLEYS LATER ON. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS ACTIVITY CLOSELY AS HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. OTHERWISE...MODELS INDICATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN A BIT AS PROJECTED HEIGHTS LOWER FOR TOMORROW AND MONDAY. THIS SHOULD TRANSLATE TO A DROP OR TWO IN HIGH TEMPERATURES...BUT STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. GFS MODEL CONTINUED TO SHOW THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT SHIFTING SOUTHWARD THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SHOULD PUSH THE MOISTURE CURRENTLY IN PLACE SOUTHWARD THE NEXT A DAY OR TWO WITH THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT REMAINING OVER MEXICO AND NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BY MONDAY. GFS HAD THE HIGH BECOMING CENTERED OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND BUILDING NORTHWARD AFTER ABOUT THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COULD LEAD TO MOISTURE CREEPING BACK INTO THE REGION FOR THE RETURN OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. && .FIRE WEATHER...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAINLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST AREAS. NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BUT LOCALIZED BREEZES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM TUCSON EAST INTO THIS EVENING AND ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY. WINDS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY GUSTY AND ERRATIC. && .AVIATION...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEST OF A LINE FROM GLOBE-TUCSON-SASABE. MEANWHILE TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED WITH BASES 12-14K FT AGL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING ESPECIALLY NEAR AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE COVERAGE WILL BE SPORADIC ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE INCLUDING WITH THE TERMINAL FORECAST FOR KDUG AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY MAINLY EAST OF KTUS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-15 KTS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25KTS BEFORE BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 KTS OVERNIGHT. GUSTY AND VARIABLE WINDS TO 35 KTS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAT ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM MST THIS EVENING AZZ029>035. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 638 PM MST SAT JUN 21 2008 AZZ019-029>035-230145- 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- 638 PM MST SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 Tucson radar (KEMX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong outflow winds from a thunderstorm complex caused severe winds across the Douglas area. Strong winds blew down a storage shed in Douglas, knocked down several trees and caused a partial roof collapse.
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