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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 17, 2004Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2004, 1:40 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 17, 2004, 1:40 PM MST (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2004, 4:30 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 555 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 12:00Z on 2004-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -88 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
555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2011 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KTWC 172039
FFWTWC
AZC019-021-180030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
140 PM MST SAT JUL 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN ARIZONA
    THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORO VALLEY
  SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN ARIZONA

* UNTIL 530 PM MST

* AT 135 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN 8 MILES SOUTH OF ORACLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORO
  VALLEY. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

EXPECT TO SEE A 2 FOOT RISE ON THE CDO AT RANCHO SOLANO BY AROUND 
330 PM MST. THE CDO WILL RISE ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF AT GOLDER 
RANCH BY AROUND 500 PM MST.    

NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED AREA. THE ROAD AHEAD MAY BE UNDERMINED OR
WASHED AWAY. ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3240 11103 3240 11071 3264 11078 3264 11104

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima45 min
Jul 17, 12:42 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise48 min
Jul 17, 4:29 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCGraham61 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.