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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 26, 2003Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2003, 5:06 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 24 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
Jul 26, 2003, 5:06 PM MST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2003, 5:30 PM MST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 2003-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1191 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, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 2003-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KTWC 270006
FFWTWC
AZC003-270130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
506 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN ARIZONA
    THIS INCLUDES THE AREA WEST OF WILLCOX
  

* UNTIL 630 PM MST

* AT 500 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 
  RAINFALL SOUTHWEST OF WILLCOX NEAR THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE 10   
  AND HIGHWAY 191 NORTH TO AROUND THE MULESHOE RANCH PRESERVE. 

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SAME 
WARNED AREA UNTIL 530 PM MST. 

LAT...LON 3201 11044 3213 10956 3245 10969 3244 11046

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 5:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham59 min
Jul 26, 6:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima47 min
Jul 26, 7:37 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise23 min
Jul 26, 8:30 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCCochise2 hr
Jul 27, 3:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.