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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 1996, 3:30 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1996, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1996, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUS 062232 FFWTUS AZC019-021-062330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON ARIZONA 330 PM MST FRI SEP 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY ...EXTREME SOUTHWEST PINAL COUNTY AT 325 PM MST...TUCSON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN PIMA COUNTY NEAR SANTA ROSA IN THE TOHONO OODHAM NATION. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY BY 4 PM. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO TWO INCHES SINCE 245 PM. 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. GLUECK
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.
NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 6, 2:26 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 2:26 PM MST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 230 PM MST FRI SEP 6 1996 RATHER BUSY AFTN...MODELS JUST DONT HAVE A HANDLE ON MSTR PUSHING IN FROM THE SOUTH. IT LUKS LIKE LEADING EDGE MSTR FROM ELIDA...AND THIS SHOULD KEEP US MOIST NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SO WILL KEEP SCT STORMS IN NEXT FEW DAYS. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN SAT AND SUN BUT WILL NOT WORD THIS IN ZONES YET SINCE DONT KNOW HOW MUCH OF ELIDA MSTR WILL WORK INTO THIS AREA. LA PAZ SOUNDING SHOWED LOTS OF MSTR. TUS 4333. HOLBROOK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 12:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 12:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 3:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.