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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2005, 2:33 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2005, 2:33 PM MST (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2005, 3:30 PM MST
- In force
- 57 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:39 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Se Sierra Vista, AZ | STREET FLOODING ALONG BUFFALO SOLDIER TRAIL. |
| Aug 13, 2:40 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Sierra Vista, AZ | 7TH AVENUE FLOODED NEAR DOWNTOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 132135 FFWTWC AZC003-132330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 233 PM MST SAT AUG 13 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 430 PM MST * AT 225 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIERRA VISTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARLESTON...FORT HUACHUCA SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MERGING NEAR THE SIERRA VISTA AREA. THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS. REMEMBER THAT MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LAT...LON 3146 11045 3147 11016 3168 11016 3166 11045 $$ PYTLAK WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 132147 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 247 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005 AZC003-132330- COCHISE AZ- 247 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY... AT 245 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MERGED OVER SIERRA VISTA. THE CLUSTER WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. BETWEEN 235 AND 245 PM...THREE SEPARATE STORM SPOTTERS IN SIERRA VISTA REPORTED FLOODING ALONG BUFFALO SOLDIER TRAIL AND IN DOWNTOWN SIERRA VISTA. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN...PERHAPS OVER AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...HAS FALLEN ALONG CHARLESTON ROAD BETWEEN SIERRA VISTA AND THE SAN PEDRO RIVER...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 92 ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF SIERRA VISTA. EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR AROUND BARRICADES. IF THE ROAD AHEAD IS FLOODED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3146 11045 3147 11016 3168 11016 3166 11045 $$ PYTLAK WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 132247 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 345 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005 AZC003-132330- COCHISE AZ- 345 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY... AT 340 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PARTS OF SIERRA VISTA HAD DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED AROUND SIERRA VISTA. AT 328 PM MST...A WEATHER SPOTTER IN SIERRA VISTA REPORTED THAT THE STREET FLOODING HAD SUBSIDED BUT THE WASHES WERE STILL RUNNING SWIFTLY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MST. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3146 11045 3147 11016 3168 11016 3166 11045 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 132329 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 426 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005 AZC003-132336- COCHISE AZ- 426 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM MST... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY HAVE DISSIPATED AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. HOWEVER...RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN INTO WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING NEAR SIERRA VISTA. LAT...LON 3146 11045 3147 11016 3168 11016 3166 11045 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 5:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 5:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 6:38 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 7:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 8:24 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 9:34 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 12:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Greenlee | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 2:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 3:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 3:26 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 4:23 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.