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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2005, 7:22 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 23 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
- Sep 1, 2005, 7:22 PM MST (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2005, 7:45 PM MST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:40 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 11 E Patagonia, AZ | SPOTTER RECORDED TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. ALSO REPORTED CIMMARRON ROAD EAST OF RESIDENCE WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAY |
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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 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 020224 FFWTWC AZC003-023-020345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 722 PM MST THU SEP 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA * UNTIL 845 PM MST * AT 714 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ELGIN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY INCLUDING TURNERS RANCH EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS LIKE ROUTES 827 AND 779. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3152 11059 3152 11041 3168 11041 3167 11058 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON GLUECK
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KTWC 020244 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 742 PM MST THU SEP 1 2005 AZC003-023-020345- COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 742 PM MST THU SEP 1 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM MST FOR EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 735 PM MST...RAINFALL HAS STARTED TO DIMINISH IN THE WARNED AREA WITH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FEEL BETWEEN 7 PM AND 730 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN AND AROUND ELGIN AND CANELO INCLUDING COUNTRY ROADS LIKE ROUTES 827 AND 779. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. LAT...LON 3152 11059 3152 11041 3168 11041 3167 11058 $$ 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.