Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 1992, 5:30 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 1992, 5:30 PM MST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1992, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pima County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 070029 FFWTUS AZC019-070130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 530 PM MST THU AUG 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AT 525 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON RECORDED WIND GUSTS TO 61 MILES AND HOUR AND SOME PEA SIZE HAIL.!!! ALL IN THE TUCSON AREA SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE COVER.!! THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF THE TUCSON AREA!!! BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55J MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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, Aug 6, 4:29 PM MST, 1 hour 1 minute before
AZC003-019-023-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 429 PM MST THU AUG 6 1992 AT 430 PM MST...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED BY RADAR...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ESPECIALLY ACTIVE IN EASTERN PIMA... WESTERN SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. IN GENERAL...THE CELLS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. OF COURSE...ALL WILL PROVIDE DEADLY LIGHTING. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER OR PROTECTIVE MEASURES IF NECESSARY. AND BE ESPECIALLY WARY OF UNEXPECTED WATER IN ROADWAYS...WASHES OR DIPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEW SOURCE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR BULLETINS. END...SHOGREN
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:30 PM MST, 1 hour before
AZC003-019-023-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 429 PM MST THU AUG 6 1992 AT 430 PM MST...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED BY RADAR...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LIGHTNING DETECTORS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ESPECIALLY ACTIVE IN EASTERN PIMA... WESTERN SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES. IN GENERAL...THE CELLS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. OF COURSE...ALL WILL PROVIDE DEADLY LIGHTING. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER OR PROTECTIVE MEASURES IF NECESSARY. AND BE ESPECIALLY WARY OF UNEXPECTED WATER IN ROADWAYS...WASHES OR DIPS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR BULLETINS. END...SHOGREN
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:01 PM MST, 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
500 PM MST THU AUG 6 1992
4:19 PM MST...THUNDERSTORM BEGAN AT WSO TUCSON, AZ
4:30 PM MST...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
4:55 PM MST...PEAK GUST TO 39 KTS...45 MILES AN HOUR RECORDED AT
WSO, TUCSON
5:00 PM MST... .10 OF AN INCH UP TO 5:00 PM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
STILL OCCURRING
END...SHOGRENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 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.