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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2005, 4:59 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 23, 2005, 4:59 PM MST (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:10 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Rio Rico, AZ | MULITPLE REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN TUBAC AND RIO RICO AREA. SPOTTERS REPORTED STORM TOTALS OF 1.60 TO 2.11 INCHES. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 240003 CCA FFWTWC AZC023-240200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 459 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA * UNTIL 700 PM MST * AT 452 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS GENERATING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE TUBAC AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OVER TUBAC WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUBAC. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3149 11114 3148 11086 3172 11090 3173 11114 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 240117 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 607 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005 AZC023-240200- SANTA CRUZ AZ- 607 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM MST FOR CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... AT 602 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUBAC...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN VALLEY...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTER REPORTED STREET FLOODING AND TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2.11 INCHES NEAR TUBAC. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25 OF AN INCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE RUNOFF. EXPECT HEAVY FLOW AND FLOODING OF SOME NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS AND WASHES...AS WELL AS LOW SPOTS AND DIPS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3149 11114 3148 11086 3172 11090 3173 11114 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 240208 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 659 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005 AZC023-240209- SANTA CRUZ AZ- 659 PM MST SAT JUL 23 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700 PM MST... AT 654 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS DIMINISHING OVER THE TUBAC AREA. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING OF THE TUBAC WASH OR NEARBY WASHES...NORMALLY DRY WASHES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. A SPOTTER IN THE TUBAC AREA REPORTED A STORM TOTAL OF 2.11 INCHES AND ANOTHER SPOTTER NEAR TUMACACORI RECORDED 2.07 INCHES OF RAINFALL. SOME FLOW IN NORMALLY DRY STREAMS...CREEKS...AND WASHES CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. BE CAUTIOUS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHERE PONDING OF WATER MAY STILL BE OCCURRING. LAT...LON 3149 11114 3148 11086 3172 11090 3173 11114 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 2:11 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 2:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 3:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 3:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 3:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 3:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 4:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 64 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.