Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Aug 19, 1993, 3:00 PM MST (22:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 1993, 5:00 PM MST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

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AZC019-023-003-200000-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
300 PM MST THU AUG 19 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

   ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA

   ...WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SANTA CRUZ
   COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 PM MST...
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN
   PIMA HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY AND EXTENDED
   UNTIL 5 PM MST...
...A ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NOW
   IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY.

AT 250 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...CENTRAL
AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER IN SANTA CRUZ.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 10 MILES AND HOUR.  THEY WERE
ALSO DEVELOPING AND INTENSIFYING VERY QUCKLY...WITH RELATIVELY SHORT
LIFE SPANS...BUT THEY WERE PRODUCING VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AT 233 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON MEASURED 58 MPH
WINDS FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  FROM 230 TO 245 PM FT. HUACHUCA
IN COCHISE COUNTY MEASURED .75 OF AN INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS
TO 57 MPH.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  IF OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A
SHELTER OR INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING...BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

END...SHOGREN

In the hours before

AZC003-019-023-192115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
1210 PM MST THU AUG 19 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

AT 1205 PM MST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING AND
DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ, COCHISE, AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES.
THE STRONGEST STORMS APPEARED TO BE IN CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...
WITH ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES
WEST OF TUCSON.  AT 1210 PM CLOUDS WERE ALSO OBSERVED TO BE BUILDING
IN AND AROUND THE TUCSON AREA.  MOST CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH
AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

EXPECT DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SEEMS MORE WIDESPREAD AND IS BEGINNING EARLIER
TODAY THAN IN RECENT DAYS.  ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SHOULD BE
ALERT TO WHAT CAN BE A RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION.  FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

MEYER

AZC003-019-023-192115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
1210 PM MST THU AUG 19 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...

AT 1205 PM MST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING AND
DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ, COCHISE, AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES.
THE STRONGEST STORMS APPEARED TO BE IN CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...
WITH ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES
WEST OF TUCSON.  AT 1210 PM CLOUDS WERE ALSO OBSERVED TO BE BUILDING
IN AND AROUND THE TUCSON AREA.  MOST CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH
AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

EXPECT DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SEEMS MORE WIDESPREAD AND IS BEGINNING EARLIER
TODAY THAN IN RECENT DAYS.  ALL PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SHOULD BE
AL>ERT TO WHAT CAN BE A RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION.  FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY.

MEYER

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.