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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 27, 1988Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 1988, 7:15 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1988, 7:15 PM MST (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1988, 9:15 PM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

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

The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:10 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
500 PM MST WED JUL 27 1988

AT 318 PM MST THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO RUMBLE OVER THE TUCSON VALLEY.
SINCE THAT TIME...THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECORDED .18
INCH OF RAIN...AND A 53 MPH WIND GUST. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF
STREET FLOODING AT DREXEL AMD MISSION STREETS.  WASHES ON THE WEST SIDE
OF TOWN ARE RUNNING...AND WATER IS MOVING DOWN THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER.

THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...THE MOST
DANGEROUS KIND...AND PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS OF THIS STORM SHOULD
NOT GO OUTDOORS...EXCEPT IN AND ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY.  IF CAUGHT OUT IN
A LIGHTNING AFFECTED AREA...SEEK SHELTER.  IF IN AN ALL METAL CAR...
STAY WITH IT.  CONVERTIBLES ARE UNSAFE AND NO PROTECTION.  DO NOT GET
UNDER A TREE.

WATCH OUT FOR FLOODING OF DIPS...WASHES AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS
WATER MAY RISE RAPIDLY.
FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

BARTOLOME NWS 28/0010

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:40 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima80 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988

Sources

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