Continued abundant moisture led to another round of severe thunderstorms in Tucson.
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The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
Continued abundant moisture led to another round of severe thunderstorms in Tucson.
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 11, 9:15 AM MST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tucson AZ 915 AM MST SAT JUN 11 2016 .SYNOPSIS...Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms from Tucson eastward into this evening. A few thunderstorms may occur near the New Mexico border Sunday followed by dry conditons Monday through Friday. Daytime temperatures will remain near normal or a few degrees below normal through Tuesday, then hotter temperatures return Wednesday through Friday. && .DISCUSSION...11/12Z Univ of AZ WRF-NAM and several HRRR solutions suggest that showers/tstms will develop near the Tucson metro area eastward/southward later this morning into early this afternoon. These cells will then move quickly nwd/newd, with the main concern for potentially damaging wind gusts. The bulk of these showers/ tstms will end this evening. There are no updates planned at this time. Please refer to the additional sections for further detail. && .AVIATION...VALID THRU 12/18Z. Isolated to scattered TSRA/SHRA from KTUS vicinity ewd/swd into this evening, then isolated -TSRA/-SHRA mainly near the New Mexico border late tonight into Sunday morning. Brief wind gusts to around 45 kts will occur with the stronger thunderstorms. Otherwise, cloud decks from Tucson eastward will range from 7k-10k ft msl. Clear skies or scattered clouds above 15k ft msl west of KTUS into Sunday morning. Surface wind this afternoon wly/swly at 12-18 kts with gusts to 25 kts. Surface wind mainly less than 10 kts at other times except near thunderstorms. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF ammendments. && .FIRE WEATHER...Expect scattered thunderstorms into this evening, especially from Tucson east and south. Isolated thunderstorms Sunday afternoon will occur mostly near the New Mexico border. Dry conditions will then prevail Monday through Friday. Daytime temperatures will be a few degrees below normal into early next week, then hotter temperatures return Wednesday into next Friday. && .PREV DISCUSSION /234 AM MST/...Precipitable water values remain well above mid-June normals this morning with values mostly in the 1.00"-1.50" range. Water vapor imagery showed an upper level low approaching southern CA. Drier air will start to push in from the west as the day progresses, but enough will be around across the eastern 2/3rds of the area for isolated valley/scattered mountains showers and thunderstorms. Precipitable water values are forecast to be below 1" on Sunday with a slight chance of storms relegated to the White mountains. High temperatures this weekend will remain several degrees below normal. Upper level trof will push across the state on Monday providing slightly cooler daytime temperatures and further drying of the atmosphere. Upper ridge strengthens over the area Tuesday through Friday resulting in warmer daytime high temperatures. Outside of this forecast package are likely hotter daytime temperatures as the upper ridge continues to strengthen over the area. Highs next weekend could rival what occurred earlier this month. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None. && Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 215 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016 AZZ504>506-112200- SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING ELOY/PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK AZ- TUCSON METRO AREA INCLUDING TUCSON/GREEN VALLEY/MARANA/VAIL AZ- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY INCLUDING KEARNY/MAMMOTH/ORACLE AZ- 215 PM MST SAT JUN 11 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MST... AT 214 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CASAS ADOBES...OR NEAR MARANA...MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...MARANA...CASAS ADOBES...TORTOLITA... FLOWING WELLS...DOVE MOUNTAIN... SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK WEST AND PICTURE ROCKS. LAT...LON 3225 11103 3227 11122 3250 11124 3251 11097 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 186DEG 6KT 3234 11111
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged a fence and snapped 4 tree branches on the northwest side of Tucson.
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