Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2005, 8:00 PM MST for Graham County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 2, 2005, 8:00 PM MST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2005, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Graham County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 433 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 030302
FFWTWC
AZC009-030430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
800 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
* UNTIL 930 PM MST
* AT 755 PM MST...GRAHAM COUNTY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY IN THE
KLONDYKE AREA FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS IS A
EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR WEST
CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KLONDYKE...
FORT THOMAS...CALVA AND BYLAS.
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 3255 10999 3309 10997 3331 11041 3293 11045
3253 11044
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KTWC 030356
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
855 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2005
AZC009-030430-
GRAHAM AZ-
855 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL
GRAHAM COUNTY...
AT 850 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO
INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL GRAHAM
COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD
OCCURRED EARLIER OVER A LARGE AREA OF WEST CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY...
CENTERED NEAR KLONDYKE. GRAHAM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED THAT KLONDYKE ROAD IN KLONDYKE WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3255 10999 3309 10997 3331 11041 3293 11045
3253 11044
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 6:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 7:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 115 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.