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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 10, 2002Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2002, 1:59 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 1 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2002, 1:59 PM MST (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2002, 2:00 PM MST
In force
1 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2002-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 390 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2002-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KTWC 102102
FFWTWC
AZC019-102200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
COMBINED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
159 PM MST TUE SEP 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* COMBINED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA
    THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...VAIL

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 300 PM MST
  FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 300 PM MST

* AT 155 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ONE OVER CORONA DE TUCSON SOUTHEAST
  OF TUCSON AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF TUCSON INTERNATIONAL 
  AIRPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TUCSON AT 205 PM MST
  VAIL AT 210 PM MST

THESE STORMS WILL NOT ONLY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS....BUT ALSO FLASH
FLOODING OF ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES. MOVE INDOORS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES IN WIND-DRIVEN DOWNPOURS.

LAT...LON 3176 11100 3176 11052 3247 11047 3248 11107

MEYER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise25 min
Sep 9, 7:46 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise84 min
Sep 10, 2:57 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima3 min
Sep 10, 3:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz60 min
Sep 10, 4:00 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.