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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2005, 3:30 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 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 7, 2005, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2005, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 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 072232 FFWTWC AZC019-080030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 330 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 530 PM MST * AT 323 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH WESTERN PIMA COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN JUST EAST OF WHY ALONG HIGHWAY 86. * THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3248 11251 3178 11246 3198 11316 3249 11314 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KTWC 072317 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 414 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005 AZC019-080030- PIMA AZ- 414 PM MST SUN AUG 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM MST FOR WESTERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 406 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM AJO TO JUST EAST OF ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE WEST AROUND 10 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERAL AREA HAVE RECORDED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES JUST EAST OF WHY ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 86. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AJO. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3248 11251 3178 11246 3198 11316 3249 11314 $$ 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, 6:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | |
| 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, 3:52 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 62 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.