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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 24, 2005Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2005, 5:31 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 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 24, 2005, 5:31 PM MST (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2005, 6:00 PM MST
In force
29 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2005-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 473 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 2005-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
473 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 250035
FFWTWC
AZC003-250200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
531 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA

* UNTIL 700 PM MST

* AT 524 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PALOMINAS 
  AREA OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIERRA VISTA.  THE STORM IS MOVING 
  NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  NICKSVILLE...PALOMINAS...AND SIERRA VISTA.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3135 11027 3134 11001 3163 11004 3157 11035

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS75 KTWC 250126
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
622 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005

AZC003-250200-
COCHISE AZ-
622 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
COCHISE COUNTY...

AT 615 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED 11 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  THIS STORM IS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEARLY HALF OF AN INCH IN 30 
MINUTES.  

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.

LAT...LON 3135 11027 3134 11001 3163 11004 3157 11035

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 
WGUS75 KTWC 250202
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
655 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005

AZC003-250205-
COCHISE AZ-
655 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
700 PM MST...

AT 650 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SIERRA 
VISTA AND PALOMINAS AREA HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY. SPOTTERS 
REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR HALF OF AN INCH AND WASHES RUNNING.

ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED...MOTORISTS 
SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION. FLOW IN NORMALLY DRY 
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND WASHES CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN 
FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. BE CAUTIOUS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHERE 
PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL BE OCCURRING.

LAT...LON 3135 11027 3134 11001 3163 11004 3157 11035

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal40 min
Jul 24, 5:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise53 min
Jul 24, 6:00 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal30 min
Jul 24, 6:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal39 min
Jul 24, 7:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima, Pinal44 min
Jul 24, 7:32 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Pinal
Jul 24, 8:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Jul 25, 3:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima49 min
Jul 25, 4:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal39 min
Jul 25, 4:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima47 min
Jul 25, 4:48 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima27 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.