Thunderstorms formed over Tucson. No wind damage was reported, but a home was damaged after being struck by lightning.
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Thunderstorms formed over Tucson. No wind damage was reported, but a home was damaged after being struck by lightning.
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 25, 3:02 PM MST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tucson AZ 302 PM MST SAT JUN 25 2016 .SYNOPSIS...We now have enough moisture for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms this weekend. A more favorable flow regime will then provide increased coverage of showers and thunderstorms Monday through Friday. && .DISCUSSION...We're under a broad regime of mid level high pressure, with anchors just off the northern coast of Baja, and just east of Texas. In between there is a very nice inverted trough pushing through southern and western Texas. This feature is generating organized convection through portions of Texas and New Mexico, however our flow regime is much weaker. We do have plenty of moisture to work with, with precipitable water values between 1.2 and 1.4 inches. Our afternoon is going pretty much as expected to this point, with increasing convection near a weak moisture convergence area from central Pima county southward through Sonora and Santa Cruz county. The southern half of Cochise county is also getting in on the action with a bit more sun today than other areas. Slow movement to the west and northwest will continue through the mid evening hours and should push through eastern Pima and into Pinal county later this afternoon and early evening. For Sunday, some secondary consolidation in the broad scale mean ridge position should tamp down convection with most favored locations being the central mountains and international border areas. Starting the day with what should still be a relatively weaker flow will make storms initially reluctant to push away from the mountains Sunday afternoon. However the UofA WRF-GFS is hinting at a couple of nice strong outflows pushing west and northwest late Sunday afternoon and early Sunday evening, filling in valley locations and probably generating dust north of Tucson. After that, as high pressure strengthens north of the area, the first half of the new week should see a better flow regime (albeit still on the weak side) for reinforcing deep moisture and importing one or two weaknesses in the flow. This should serve to anchor the entire week for seasonal convection. && .AVIATION...VALID THRU 27/00Z. Isolated to scattered -TSRA/-SHRA this afternoon into Sunday morning, and then again Sunday afternoon. Cloud decks ranging from 10k- 15k ft msl. Gusty outflows possible with storms, otherwise surface wind will generally be less than 10 kts into Sunday. However, surface wind this afternoon vicinity KSAD will be wly/nwly at 12-16 kts with gusts to near 20 kts. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF amendments. && .FIRE WEATHER...Expect isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms should then occur Monday through next Friday. Otherwise, daytime minimum relative humidity values will generally range from the mid teens to around 30 percent with fair to good nighttime recovery. 20-foot winds this weekend as well as Wednesday through Friday will be terrain driven at less than 15 mph. 20-foot winds Monday and Tuesday will generally be from the east at 5-15 mph with gusts of 15-20 mph. The strongest speeds Monday and Tuesday should prevail from shortly after sunrise into the early afternoon hours. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Meyer/Rasmussen Visit us on Facebook...Twitter...YouTube...and at weather.gov/Tucson
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A home on the 1700 block of S. Avenida Regulo was damaged when a lightning strike caused a fire. The residents were not home at the time and no was was injured.
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