Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2005, 7:40 PM MST for Gila County, Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 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 23, 2005, 7:40 PM MST (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gila County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KPSR 240241
FFWPSR
AZC007-013-021-240430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
740 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROOSEVELT
NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
* UNTIL 930 PM MST
* AT 736 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR APACHE JUNCTION AND THE
SALT RIVER RECREATION LAKES...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
APACHE JUNCTION...GOLD CANYON...THE APACHE TRAIL...CAMP
CREEK...SUNFLOWER ROOSEVELT AND PUNKIN CENTER.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY WASHES AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY BURNED BY THE CAVE
CREEK FIRE AND EDGE FIRE ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH
FLOODING.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PHOENIX.
LAT...LON 3343 11168 3341 11138 3367 11110 3400 11115
3399 11160 3404 11189 3365 11170
$$
AJ1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KPSR 240354
FFSPSR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
840 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005
AZC007-013-021-240430-
MARICOPA AZ-PINAL AZ-GILA AZ-
840 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL
GILA...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN MARICOPA
COUNTIES...
AT 838 PM MST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN AN AREA FROM THE
APACHE TRAIL TO ROOSEVELT LAKE...NORTHWARD TO NEAR SEVEN SPRINGS AND
JAKES CORNER.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAMP
CREEK.
A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE TOWN OF ROOSEVELT REPORTED NEARLY
AN INCH OF RAIN IN TWENTY MINUTES BETWEEN 730 AND 750 PM. RADAR
ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE THAT A FEW LOCATIONS OVER OPEN
COUNTRY HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE HOUR
BETWEEN 745 PM AND 845 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES ALSO SHOW AN AREA OF UP
TO 1.5 INCHES DURING THAT SAME TIME IN SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE
CAVE CREEK FIRE BURN AREA. LIKEWISE FOR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE ONGOING
EDGE FIRE BURN AREA NEAR THE TONTO BASIN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY WASHES AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY BURNED BY THE CAVE
CREEK FIRE AND EDGE FIRE ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH
FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PHOENIX.
LAT...LON 3343 11168 3341 11138 3367 11110 3400 11115
3399 11160 3404 11189 3365 11170
$$
AJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 5:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 5:45 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 6:53 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 6:59 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 7:57 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 63 min |
| Jul 24, 2:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 43 min |
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.