Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2001, 6:30 PM MST for Gila 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2001, 6:30 PM MST (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2001, 7:30 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Gila County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
NZUS97 KPSR 300131
FFWPHX
AZC007-300330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
630 PM MST SUN JUL 29 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA
* UNTIL 830 PM MST
* AT 630 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF SAN CARLOS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
EAST OF GLOBE...DEVELOPING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTH. WASHES AND
CREEKS NEAR AND NORTH OF SAN CARLOS...INCLUDING THE SAN CARLOS
RIVER COULD BE AFFECTED.
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.
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 OTHER 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.
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
PHOENIX.
LAT...LON 3352 11027 3366 11055 3352 11071 3330 11046
3339 11044The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 9:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa | 50 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.