Strong winds were recorded from a thunderstorm at the Safford airport.
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Strong winds were recorded from a thunderstorm at the Safford airport.
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 29, 2:10 PM MST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 210 PM MST SUN JUN 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN REGION BY MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE TODAY INTO MONDAY AS EASTERLY FLOW TRANSPORTS MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. OTHERWISE...HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY WAS SHOWING A LARGE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER THAT DEVELOPED OVER MOUNT BALDY IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. OTHER STORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS AND MOVED WEST OVER THE VALLEY BETWEEN ELFRIDA AND SUNSITES. STORMS IN THE GILA WILDERNESS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WERE ALSO STARTING TO MERGE WITH THE CLUSTER DRIFTING SOUTHWEST OFF MOUNT BALDY. EXPECT STORMS TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS DURING THE NEXT HOUR...AND TRACK SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE GILA RIVER VALLEY AROUND SAFFORD BY 4 PM MST. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS SHOULD BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS IF AN ORGANIZED OUTFLOW FROM THE PROGRESSION OF STORMS OFF THE EASTERN RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS MAKES IT THAT FAR WEST. OTHERWISE...THERE WILL BE TOMORROW AS THE UPPER HIGH REMAINS CENTERED TO OUR NORTH. UNTIL THEN...THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. UPPER HIGH PROGGED TO BE OVER NRN AZ/SRN UTAH REGION MON WITH NELY MID-LEVEL FLOW OVER SE AZ. PATTERN FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION VICINITY MOGOLLON RIM BY LATE MON MORNING OR EARLY MON AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE SWWD MON EVENING. QUASI-STATIONARY UPPER HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THUS SEE NO REASON TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT TO INHERITED FORECASTS THAT REFLECT LOW-GRADE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DURING THE TUE-SAT PERIOD. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THIS FORECAST PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR INTO THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS THIS EVENING AS DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL OCCUR VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE GREAT BASIN. && .AVIATION...HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE WESTWARD INTO THE VALLEYS BY THIS EVENING. MAIN CONCERN FOR THE TERMINAL SITES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. OTHERWISE SURFACE WINDS GENERALLY EASTERLY 5-15 KTS TODAY...AND 10-20 KTS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 420 AM MST SUN JUN 29 2008 AZZ029-030-033>035-300300- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 420 AM MST SUN JUN 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A RISK OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The automated surface observation system at Safford Airport reported a wind gust to 63 mph.
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