Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Jul 7, 1996, 6:00 PM MST (01:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 1996, 7:00 PM MST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Cochise County, AZ

000 
TTAA00 KTUS 080103
FFWTUS
AZC003-080200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
600 PM MST SUN JUL 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY
 
TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER THE FAR CORNER OF NORTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY. THE STORMS
WERE LOCATED BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF WILLCOX AND THE
COCHISE..PIMA COUNTY LINE.  THE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT.
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF COCHISE COUNTY.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN NORTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY...AND HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.
 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.  THE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY HAVE DISSIPATED.
 
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.
 
DRB

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 7, 2:24 PM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
220 PM MST SUN JUL 7 1996

FINALLY SOME CHGS IN THE BIG SCALE WX PATTERN.
MON...UPR HI WKNS AND MOVS TO W TX TURNG FLOW MORE SELY. WK SHRT
WV ALONG W CST PRODUCES SWLY WINDS OVR S CA AND FAR SW AZ.
NGM INCRG MSTR INTO AREA WITH THETA E MAX OVR ZNS 22-26 AND 70
PCT MEAN RH S OF OLS.  NGM FCST SOUNDG FOR TUS SHOWG CAPE OVR
1000...K INDEX AT 39 AND PW 1.37.  THESE VALUES SIMILAR TO SAT
WHEN FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED.  WILL KEEP SCT POPS. TEMPS A
FUNCTION OF CLDS AND TSTMS.
MON NGT...NGM PULLING UP LOTS OF MSTR FROM MEXICO ON SLY WINDS.
70 PCT MEAN RH...MOSTLY CLDY AND MIN TEMPS UP OVR ZNS 23 AND 26.
TUE...TUS NGM FCST SOUNDG FOR 12Z TUE IS NRLY SATURATED FROM
650 MB ON UP. MOS GOING BKN-OVC WITH MEASURABLE RAIN. COULD THIS
PSBLY BE TOO WET FOR CONVECTIVE ACTVTY. AGREE WITH BLAST UP THAT
THIS MAY BE MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN DAY...THAN A SVR WX DAY. MAX
TEMPS DOWN SO`ME.
TUS 2323.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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