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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2006, 3:05 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 115 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
- Jun 21, 2006, 3:05 PM MST (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2006, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 115 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 5:00 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ene Sierra Vista, AZ | MOSON ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 90 AND CHARLESTON ROAD IMPASSIBLE TO DUE FLOODING. |
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 84 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 212206 FFWTWC AZC003-023-220100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 305 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA EXTREME EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA * UNTIL 600 PM MST * AT 254 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MERGED INTO EACH OTHER OVER THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN FORT HUACHUCA AND THE MEXICAN BORDER. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL OVER THE 103 BURN AREA...AND UPPER REACHES OF RAMSEY CANYON...AND SMALL STREAMS NEAR CANELO AND ELGIN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...DEBRIS FLOWS FROM THE 103 BURN AREA ARE POSSIBLE ALONG UPPER MONTEZUMA CANYON ROAD. LAT...LON 3172 11023 3173 11060 3134 11058 3133 11018 $$ PYTLAK/SCHAFFNER WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 212249 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 346 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 AZC003-023-220100- COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 346 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR EASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 340 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY AND EXTREME EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE AREA WAS MOVING WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE 103 BURN AREA...RAMSEY CANYON...CORONADO NATIONAL MEMORIAL... ELGIN...CANELO AND PARKER CANYON LAKE. NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. LAT...LON 3172 11023 3173 11060 3134 11058 3133 11018 $$ PYTLAK WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 212318 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 413 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 AZC003-023-220100- COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 413 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR EASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES... AT 408 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING NEAR SIERRA VISTA. SEVERAL STREETS AND WASHES WERE FLOODED DUE TO THE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ONE SPOTTER REPORTED 1.76 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND A HALF. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS AND ON THE 103 BURN AREA. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE WARNING AREA AS THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE WEST AT MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARKER CANYON LAKE...CANELO AND ELGIN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG UPPER MONTEZUMA CANYON ROAD. LAT...LON 3172 11023 3173 11060 3134 11058 3133 11018 $$ PYTLAK WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 220102 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 600 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 AZC003-023-220110- COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 600 PM MST WED JUN 21 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EASTERN SANTA CRUZ AND SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTIES... LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...REPORTS FROM SIERRA VISTA INDICATE THAT FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. THIS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THE RAINS FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON MAY HAVE PUSHED MUD AND DEBRIS ONTO ROADWAYS LEADING IN THE HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA VISTA. NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED OR MUD COVERED AREAS. LAT...LON 3172 11023 3173 11060 3134 11058 3133 11018 $$ PYTLAK WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 1:45 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 1:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 4:54 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | TWC | 66 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.