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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2000, 7:00 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2000, 7:00 PM MST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2000, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KTWC 180204 FFWTWC AZC019-021-180300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 700 PM MST THU AUG 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN ARIZONA * UNTIL 800 PM MST * AT 649 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND MARANA POLICE INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MARANA AND THE AREA NORTH INTO PINAL COUNTY. * THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN OVER... THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM MARANA NORTHWEST TO PICACHO PEAK. MARANA POLICE REPORT AVRA VALLEY ROAD FLOODED IN SPOTS. OTHER ROADS WILL BE IMPASSALBE DUE TO THE RAIN THAT HAS ACCUMULATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN TUCSON. LAT...LON 3266 11157 3230 11132 3233 11101 3285 11118
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 5:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 5:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 7:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | |
| Aug 17, 7:45 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 8:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima |
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.