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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 22, 2003Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2003, 6:20 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 10 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 22, 2003, 6:20 PM MST (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2003, 6:30 PM MST
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2003-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 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 2003-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 230122
FFWTWC
AZC019-021-230215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
620 PM MST TUE JUL 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FAR NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA
  FAR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN ARIZONA

* UNTIL 730 PM MST

* AT 615 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN CONTINUING IN THE CATALINAS FROM NEAR SUMMERHAVEN THROUGH 
  NORTHEASTERN SLOPES NEAR REDINGTON. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE FLASH
  FLOOD WARNING FOR FAR NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY AND EXPANDS THE AREA
  TO INCLUDE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY.

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES WERE IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOME 
AREAS. GAGE REPORTS INCLUDED RAPID ACCUMULATIONS TO NEAR 1.02 INCHES 
AT GREEN MOUNTAIN AND .81 NEAR PALISADES RANGER STATION AND .71 AT 
MOUNT LEMMON.

LAT...LON 3229 11077 3232 11046 3268 11047 3252 11093

$$
MEYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 5:30 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima
Jul 22, 7:21 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima69 min
Jul 22, 7:37 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima53 min
Jul 22, 8:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima57 min
Jul 22, 9:12 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima3 min
Jul 23, 2:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise38 min
Jul 23, 3:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal33 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.