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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tucson, AZ
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 5:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 6:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 6:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 7:07 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 7:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | |
| Jul 24, 8:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 3:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 4:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 4:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 27 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.