High pressure over northern New Mexico continued a moist easterly flow across southeast Arizona, spawning westward moving thunderstorms with gusty winds, mainly in Cochise County.
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High pressure over northern New Mexico continued a moist easterly flow across southeast Arizona, spawning westward moving thunderstorms with gusty winds, mainly in Cochise County.
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 27, 2:25 PM MST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 225 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 .SYNOPSIS...EXPECT A GOOD CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO START THE WEEK. SOME STORMS WILL GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. FEWER STORMS ARE EXPECTED AROUND MID WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERAL DEGREES OF HEATING BY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. A STRONGER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ONCE AGAIN TO END THE WEEK AND TAKE US INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...A DOWN TREND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND LAST NIGHT'S ACTIVITY THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS (SAY...FROM TUCSON WESTWARD) DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH EARLY CLEARING IN MOST EASTERN AREAS. IN ADDITION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...WE STILL HAVE THE STRONG IMPULSE COMING IN ON OUR BRISK EASTERLY FLOW FROM CHIHUAHUA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE (PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BACK UP AROUND 1.4 TO 1.6 INCHES). DECENT SHEER PROFILE ABOVE 10K FEET AND SOLID STORM STRUCTURE ENVIRONMENT FOR ORGANIZED OUTFLOWS. AS EXPECTED WE ARE SEEING SOME STRONG DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN AREAS AND STILL EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS BETWEEN 00Z-06Z. SEVERE WIND THREAT AS WELL AS POTENTIAL LOCAL FLASH FLOOD THREATS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STILL LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE DOWNTURN BY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AND LASTING INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY AS A SECONDARY HIGH CENTER RECONSOLIDATES (BRIEFLY) NEARLY OVERHEAD. THIS WILL TEND TO PUSH STORM ACTIVITY BACK TO BORDER AND MOUNTAIN AREAS WHILE WE HEAT UP SEVERAL DEGREES (PERHAPS AGAIN CLIMBING TO A FEW DEGREES SHY OF RECORD LEVELS). THAT SECONDARY HIGH SHOULD WEAKEN LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH THE RIDGE REORIENTING ONCE AGAIN INTO A MORE FAVORABLE POSITION FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FOR SE AZ BY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...VALID THRU 29/00Z. SCTD TSRA/SHRA E OF KTUS WILL PUSH W FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH LINGERING ISOLD -SHRA AFTER MIDNIGHT OR 29/07Z. MVFR CONDITIONS WITH THE STRONGER TSRA ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40-45 KTS. OTHERWISE CLOUD DECKS WILL GENERALLY BE AT 7-12K FT AGL THRU THE PERIOD. TSRA/SHRA DVLPG AFTER 29/18Z ON MONDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED MOSTLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. EXPECT STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. OTHERWISE...NORMAL DIURNAL WIND TRENDS WILL OCCUR WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON MEYER/GLUECK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
258 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014
AZZ509-510-272315-
UPPER GILA RIVER AND ARAVAIPA VALLEYS INCLUDING CLIFTON/SAFFORD
AZ-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES INCLUDING HANNAGAN
MEADOW AZ-
258 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM MST...
AT 254 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF FORT APACHE...OR
40 MILES NORTH OF SAFFORD...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
GRAHAM COUNTY NORTH OF BYLAS.
LAT...LON 3325 10959 3325 11033 3344 11033 3345 11019
3347 11016 3347 11001 3359 10999 3357 10988
3353 10981 3349 10980 3348 10977 3359 10966
3359 10960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 103DEG 8KT 3339 10983
MEYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 437 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 AZZ508-512-280000- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ- 437 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MST... AT 430 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTHERN CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RUCKER CANYON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3170 10940 3190 10929 3173 10910 3159 10922 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 129DEG 10KT 3172 10925 KD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 458 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 AZZ508-512-280115- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ- 458 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING DUST IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY AND ALONG THE ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO BORDER TO THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLOWING DUST...POTENTIALLY AFFECTING MOTORIST ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN THE NEW MEXICO BORDER TO EAST OF WILLCOX. AT AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BOWIE...SAN SIMON AND I-10 AT MILEPOST 355. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. AUTOMATED CAMERAS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR SAN SIMON INDICATE THAT AT THIS TIME IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A DUST STORM WARNING...BUT VISIBILITIES COULD FALL BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND PERHAPS EVEN LOWER IN A FEW DUST PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...THIS AREA OF BLOWING DUST MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3242 10905 3208 10905 3217 10964 3242 10968 MOLLERE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 503 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 AZZ508-512-280115- CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT AZ-EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET INCLUDING DOUGLAS/WILLCOX AZ- 503 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING DUST IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY AND ALONG THE ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO BORDER TO THE CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLOWING DUST...POTENTIALLY AFFECTING MOTORIST ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN THE NEW MEXICO BORDER TO EAST OF WILLCOX. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BOWIE...SAN SIMON AND I-10 AT MILEPOST 355. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. AUTOMATED CAMERAS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 NEAR SAN SIMON INDICATE THAT AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A DUST STORM WARNING...BUT VISIBILITIES COULD FALL BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...AND PERHAPS EVEN LOWER IN A FEW DUST PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...THIS AREA OF BLOWING DUST MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3242 10905 3208 10905 3217 10964 3242 10968 MOLLERE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 519 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 AZZ506-507-280045- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING KEARNY/MAMMOTH/ORACLE AZ-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING SIERRA VISTA/BENSON AZ- 519 PM MST SUN JUL 27 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MST... AT 512 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF REDINGTON MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAN MANUEL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3240 11062 3262 11065 3260 11045 3238 11046 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 082DEG 11KT 3249 11052 KD
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed two utility poles along Central Highway northwest of Douglas.
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