Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2005, 6:20 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for . 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 6, 2005, 6:20 PM MST (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2005, 6:15 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 3 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 070121 FFWTWC AZC019-070215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 620 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUCSON...ORO VALLEY...GREEN VALLEY * UNTIL 715 PM MST * AT 611 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE TUCSON METRO AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH TUCSON...SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST...SABINO CANYON...MOUNT LEMMON/SUMMERHAVEN...DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE...CATALINA STATE PARK AND CATALINA FOOTHILLS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. LAT...LON 3249 11109 3176 11108 3176 11061 3249 11068 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 070135 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 632 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005 AZC019-070215- PIMA AZ- 632 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 628 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF ORO VALLEY...ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF TUCSON AND FURTHER SOUTH NEAR SAHUARITA AND GREEN VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AROUND 10 MPH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. IF THE ROAD AHEAD IS FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3249 11109 3176 11108 3176 11061 3249 11068 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 070156 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 653 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005 AZC019-070215- PIMA AZ- 653 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 645 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF ORO VALLEY...ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE CITY OF TUCSON AND FURTHER SOUTH NEAR SAHUARITA AND GREEN VALLEY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH AN HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN ALONG AJO WAY JUST WEST OF THE CROSSING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. IF THE ROAD AHEAD IS FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3249 11109 3176 11108 3176 11061 3249 11068 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 min |
| Aug 6, 8:17 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 2:01 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 3:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 3:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 62 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.