Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Sep 1, 1996, 7:22 PM MST (02:22 UTC)

Expired

Sep 1, 1996, 9:30 PM MST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Cochise County, AZ

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KTUS 020223
FFWTUS
AZC003-020430-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
722 PM MST SUN SEP 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
 
   ...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES EAST
OF BENSON.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO
FOUR INCHES WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS.  HWY 80 BETWEEN
ST DAVID AND BENSON WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TO TRAVELLERS.
IT IS RECOMMENDED TO AVOID THIS AREA.  OTHER VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 1, 2:21 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
220 PM MST SUN SEP 1 1996

12Z TUS SNDG SHOWG POTENTIAL FOR VRY EXPLOSIVE TRW- TNGT ALTHO
THE SNDG IS STILL CAPPED. AMS TRYING TO WORK ON CAP WITH TRW
POPPING UP ACRS NRN ZNS24/25..SRN ZN26 AND SERN ZN23. STLT PICS
SHOWG LARGER AREA OF CU FIELD ACRS SE AZ THAN SAT AFTN. TRW LAST
NGT JUST ACRS THE BORDER BACK BUILT INTO SRN ZNS23/26 AND WL
PRBLY SEE THEM DO THAT AGN TNGT. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR VRY STG
WNDS..PSBLY SVR..AND BRIEF HVY RNGL WITH ABV NRML PW VALUES. WDLY
SCT TRW TNGT ZNS24/26 AND WL ALSO ADD ZN23 TO WDLY SCT DUE TO
UNEASY FEELING BY THIS FCSTR. BNDRY INTERACTION WL BE ONLY WAY TO
GET THINGS GOING TUS AREA TNGT. SLGT CHC ERN PARTS ZNS21/22 TNGT.

UPR HI SRN CA DRFTG E NXT 48 HRS INTO SRN NM OR TX BIG BEND AREA.
LOW-LVL MSTR CONTG TO HANG ARND THRU TUE SO CONTD THREAT OF
AFTN/EVE ISOLD TO WDLY SCT TRW. MOS TEMPS NOT TO BAD.
TUS 2121. GLUECK

In the hours before

AZZ026-020115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA
605 PM MST SUN SEP 1 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTCENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM...

AT 555 PM TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENSON. THIS STORM HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY
SINCE 530 PM AND IS PRODUCNG EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND CONTINUOUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AS WELL AS WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN WITH RADAR RAINFALL
ESTIMATES OF 1.0 TO 2.0 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. TRAVEL ALONG I-10
EAST OF BENSON AND HIGHWAY 80 NEAR ST. DAVID SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL
THIS STORM4 HAS DISSIPATED.

MCCOLLUM

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.