Lightning struck a house in Douglas, causing it to catch fire.
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Lightning struck a house in Douglas, causing it to catch fire.
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 22, 2:37 PM MST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 237 PM MST FRI JUN 22 2012 .SYNOPSIS...AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING...WELL EAST AND SOUTH OF TUCSON. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...RESULTING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .DISCUSSION...THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. SURFACE DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WERE RUNNING IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME CLOUD BUILDUPS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH AND EAST OF TUCSON. RADAR WAS ALSO DETECTING AN ISOLATED SHOWER OVER THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STILL NEED TO SEE THE DEEPER MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTH MOVE INTO THE AREA BEFORE WE CAN EXPERIENCE ANY NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. A LOOK AT THE BLENDED TOTAL PWATER PRODUCT SHOWED DEEPER MOISTURE JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER ON THE ORDER OF 1.25 INCHES WITH EVEN HIGHER VALUES OF NEAR 2 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA. LATEST MODELS WERE STILL ADVERTISING THIS DEEPER MOISTURE TO MOVE NORTHWARD...GENERALLY ALONG THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...INTO SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA BY SUNDAY. THUS...WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THEREAFTER...THE FLOW PATTERN BECOMES LESS FAVORABLE TO MAINTAIN ANY MOISTURE INCREASE THAT OCCURS OVER THE WEEKEND. SO LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF PROMISING DAYS FOR SOME RAINFALL BEFORE DRYING OUT AGAIN. && .AVIATION...FEW-SCT CLOUDS AT 8-12K...BCMG LCL BKN WITH ISOLATED -TSRA NEAR MOUNTAINS WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF KTUS THRU 22/03Z. SFC WND MOSTLY LESS THAN 10 KTS THRU 23/03Z OUTSIDE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS GUSTING TO 40 KTS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST TO TUCSON EARLY THIS EVENING. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL THEN BRING SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG...ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. OTHERWISE...NORMAL DIURNAL WIND TRENDS WILL OCCUR WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1007 AM MST FRI JUN 22 2012 AZZ501-502-504>506-509-514-515-231715- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-TUCSON METRO AREA- SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS- BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS- 1007 AM MST FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ503-507-508-510>513-231715- UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY- UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET- WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES- GALIURO AND PINALENO MOUNTAINS-CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS- DRAGOON AND MULE AND HUACHUCA AND SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS- 1007 AM MST FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE LAST NIGHT COULD LEAD TO A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT DUE TO THE FAIRLY DRY AIR MASS STILL IN PLACE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS THAT MANAGE TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a two-story house at 11th Street and C Avenue in Douglas causing the house to catch fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire in 20 minutes. Smoke damage was confined to the second story.
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