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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2006, 4:44 PM MST for Pima 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 5, 2006, 4:44 PM MST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2006, 5:45 PM MST
- In force
- 61 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:20 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Tucson, AZ | FLASH FLOODING OF WASHES NEAR KOLB AND GOLF LINKS ROADS |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 052347
FFWTWC
AZC019-060145-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
444 PM MST WED JUL 5 2006
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 AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE TUCSON METRO AREA
* UNTIL 645 PM MST
* AT 436 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF
TUCSON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE ALONG
SOUTH WILMOT ROAD REPORTED 0.87 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
LAST 30 MINUTES. RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL QUICKLY FILL INTO NORMALLY
DRY WASHES AND ROADWAY DIPS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE AND SOUTH TUCSON.
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
LAT...LON 3196 11113 3180 11101 3186 11082 3221 11082
3220 11110
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KTWC 060020
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
515 PM MST WED JUL 5 2006
AZC019-060145-
PIMA AZ-
515 PM MST WED JUL 5 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MST FOR EAST
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...
AT 515 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER EASTERN PIMA
COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN ALONG SOUTH WILMOT
ROAD...NEAR THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE SAN JAVIER
MISSION AND THE RINCON MOUNTAINS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS A HALF INCH IN 15 MINUTES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY WASHES AND ROADWAY DIPS AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
LOW LYING SPOTS.
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
LAT...LON 3196 11113 3180 11101 3187 11075 3200 11074
3196 11049 3216 11051 3220 11110
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON000
WGUS75 KTWC 060042
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
537 PM MST WED JUL 5 2006
AZC019-060145-
PIMA AZ-
537 PM MST WED JUL 5 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MST FOR EAST
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...
AT 537 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
OCCURRING NEAR KOLB ROAD BETWEEN GOLF LINKS AND 22ND STREET. IN
ADDITION...AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES REPORTED 1.02 ALONG SOUTH WILMOT
ROAD...0.75 INCHES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TANQUE VERDE AND PANTANO
ROADS...AND 1.38 IN MANNING CAMP LOCATED IN THE RINCON MOUNTAINS.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RUNOFF IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING ACROSS THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TUCSON METRO AREAS...INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST
FOOTHILLS. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RUNOFF CONTINUES TO FILL INTO
WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS
NEAR GREEN VALLEY...SAHUARITA AND NEAR THE TUCSON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3196 11113 3180 11101 3187 11075 3207 11078
3196 11049 3229 11049 3237 11076 3237 11090
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 7:32 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 9:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 4:27 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 48 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.