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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2005, 3:04 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 116 min. 1 report 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 22, 2005, 3:04 PM MST (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2005, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 22, 3:15 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Green Valley, AZ | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN GREEN VALLEY. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KTWC 222209 FFWTWC AZC019-230100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 304 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREEN VALLEY * UNTIL 600 PM MST * AT 258 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURED FROM GREEN VALLEY NORTH TO SAHUARITA ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AND ALONG MISSION RD NEAR TWIN BUTTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AND FLOOD-PRONE ROADWAYS IS EXPECTED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE. NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLES. LAT...LON 3174 11128 3175 11073 3204 11074 3204 11127 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 222323 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 422 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005 AZC019-230100- PIMA AZ- 422 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY... AT 400 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN THE GREEN VALLEY AREA WITH UP TO A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. WASHES WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOWING HIGH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UPWARDS TO 2.00 INCHES WERE ALSO REPORTED FROM STORMS THAT HAD PASSED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREEN VALLEY AND SAHUARITA. FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3174 11128 3175 11073 3204 11074 3204 11127 $$ SCHAFFNER WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 230055 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 555 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005 AZC019-230103- PIMA AZ- 555 PM MST MON AUG 22 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE GREATER GREEN VALLEY AREA. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SINCE SOME WASHES AND ROADWAY DIPS MAY STILL HAVE WATER IN THEM...MOTORISTS SHOULD CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH A FLOWING WASH. LAT...LON 3174 11128 3175 11073 3204 11074 3204 11127 $$ SCHAFFNER WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 2:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 3:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 3:36 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 4:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 4:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 4:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.