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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2005, 6:32 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 28 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 16, 2005, 6:32 PM MST (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2005, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 28 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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 596 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KTWC 170137 FFWTWC AZC003-170300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 632 PM MST TUE AUG 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA * UNTIL 800 PM MST * AT 625 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING 6 MILES SOUTH OF COCHISE...AND 6 MILES WEST OF PEARCE SUNSITES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COCHISE. WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS AND HIGHWAY 191...JUST TO THE NORTH OF PEARCE SUNSITES. 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 3193 10996 3198 10982 3213 10985 3209 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 170233 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 728 PM MST TUE AUG 16 2005 AZC003-170300- COCHISE AZ- 728 PM MST TUE AUG 16 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 725 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG ROADWAYS BOUNDED BY AN AREA BETWEEN THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS AND HIGHWAY 191...JUST NORTH OF PEARCE SUNSITES TO COCHISE. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS AREA HAD RECEIVED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 2.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DISSIPATED OVER THE WARNED AREA...RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO FILL INTO NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH 800 PM MST. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. LAT...LON 3193 10996 3198 10982 3213 10985 3209 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 170258 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 758 PM MST TUE AUG 16 2005 AZC003-170308- COCHISE AZ- 758 PM MST TUE AUG 16 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM MST... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 2.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS AND HIGHWAY 191...JUST NORTH OF PEARCE SUNSITES TO COCHISE...HAVE DISSIPATED AND THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM MST. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS THROUGH AREAS WHERE RUNNING WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW THE CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. LAT...LON 3193 10996 3198 10982 3213 10985 3209 11001 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
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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.