Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 1994, 10:21 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 1994, 10:21 PM MST (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1994, 11:30 PM MST
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cochise County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 270522 FFWTUS AZC003-270630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 1021 PM MST FRI AUG 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA ...SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY AT 1020 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MI EAST OF SIERRA VISTA MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY EFFECT SIERRA VISTA, HAUCHUCA CITY, AND THE TOMBSTONE AREA UNTIL ABOUT 1130 PM MST THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH, DEADLY LIGHTNING, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. NWS TUS/CRIMMINS
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 26, 8:42 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AZC003-019-270545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 842 PM MST FRI AUG 26 1994 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF PIMA COUNTY AND COCHISE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS, SOME QUITE STRONG HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR IN COCHISE COUNTY, AND IN PIMA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. A REPORT OF ONE STORM NEAR WILLCOX HAD ESTIMATED WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. A WEATHER SPOTTER WITH WIND GEAR REPORTED A 52 MPH WIND GUST THERE. ANOTHER STORM WHICH BUILT RAPIDLY WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR GREEN VALLEY. SCATTERED STORMS ARE OVER COCHISE COUNTY FROM ELGIN TO SAN SIMON AND DOWN TO DOUGLAS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO INSURE THEIR SAFETY. BARTOLOME &
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 9:15 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AZZ009-010-270615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 915 PM MST FRI AUG 26 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF TUCSON AIRPORT BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM. AT 9 PM THE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACTIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF SIERRA VISTA SOUTH TO THE MEXICAN BORDER. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN WILLCOX REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 52 MPH WITH A THUNDERSTORM AT ABOUT 830 PM THIS EVENING ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS OUT AND ABOUT THIS EVENING SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO TAPER OFF BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NWS TUS/CRIMMINS WSAC01PAFA .^d
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 9:15 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AZZ009-010-270615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 915 PM MST FRI AUG 26 1994 ....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF TUCSON AIRPORT BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM. AT 9 PM THE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT MOVING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. HEAVY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACTIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF SIERRA VISTA SOUTH TO THE MEXICAN BORDER. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. A WEATHER SPOTTER IN WILLCOX REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 52 MPH WITH A THUNDERSTORM AT ABOUT 830 PM THIS EVENING ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS OUT AND ABOUT THIS EVENING SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO TAPER OFF BY ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NWS TUS/CRIMMINS WSAC01PAFA .^d
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 10:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 69 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.