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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 15, 1986Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 1986, 1:00 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1986, 1:00 PM MST (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1986, 3:00 PM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1986-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 696 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1986-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima90 min
Jul 14, 5:30 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima3 hr
Jul 15, 1:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima60 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.