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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 13, 1992Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 1992, 3:44 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 1992, 3:44 PM MST (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 1992, 4:45 PM MST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Pima County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 1992-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 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 1992-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 132244
FFWTUS
AZC019-132345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
344 PM MST SUN SEP 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY
 
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINA ND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAS MOVER
OVER THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 315 PM MST AND IS MOVING
SLOWLY NORTH OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF TUCSON. THE WEATHER SERVICE AT
THE AIRPORT MEASURED WINDS OF 61 MPH AND .70 INCH OF RAIN.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE.`..SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 3:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima61 min

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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.