Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Tucson, AZ

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WGUS75 KTWC 280644
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1139 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006

AZC009-280730-
GRAHAM AZ-
1139 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MST FOR
CENTRAL GRAHAM COUNTY...

AT 1139 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL 
GRAHAM COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT GRANT. 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS AND FROM STORMS EARLIER 
THIS EVENING WILL FILL NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ROADWAY DIPS WITH 
RUNNING WATER...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN FORT THOMAS AND 
PIMA. SIGNIFICANT PONDING WILL ALSO OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW 
LYING AREAS.  

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY 
A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR 
VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3312 10957 3326 10989 3268 11020 3253 10987

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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
910 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE AROUND THE
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHEAST...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF
CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE
WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND.
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.DISCUSSION...SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS EVENING CONTINUED TO SHOW A
COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS FIRING OVER GRAHAM AND GREENLEE
COUNTIES INTO WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING. RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS WITH A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH THROUGH PARTS OF THE GILA
RIVER VALLEY AT 9 PM MST. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING OVER THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO WAS LIKELY PROVIDING THE LARGE SCALE
LIFT TO HELP DEVELOP THIS COMPLEX. DEEP MOISTURE...MODERATE VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE COMPLEX SHOULD SUPPORT THE
PROPAGATION AND ADVECTION OF ORGANIZED STORMS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TONIGHT. THE CURRENT TRACK AND
MOVEMENT WOULD PUT STORMS INTO THE GREATER TUCSON AREA BY 11 PM
MST THIS EVENING. THE CURRENT FORECAST LOOKED ON TRACK...SO NO
UPDATES EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW FOR
MORE INFO ON LATER FORECAST PERIODS.
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.PREV DISCUSSION...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG SHORTWAVE
DIVING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN COLORADO...NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
NORTHWEST ARIZONA. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM SATELLITE...RADAR AND
LIGHTNING DETECTION SHOWS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER A GOOD PORTION OF NEW MEXICO AND DEVELOPING OVER
THE MOGOLLON RIM. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
PUSH SOUTH AND THE ACTIVITY ON THE RIM WILL BLOSSOM. EXPECTING A
STORM COMPLEX TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT
SIMILAR TO THE PAST COUPLE OF EVENINGS AND HEAD TO THE SOUTH TOWARD
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DESERTS WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND STORMS IN MY FORECAST AREA. AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CONTINUES
TO MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY IT WILL MERGE WITH AN INVERTED
TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO AND MOVE WEST INTO
ARIZONA ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF HEAVY RAINS
OVER THE AREA. THE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN ARIZONA
OVERNIGHT DUMPED CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OCCURRED IN MANY LOCATIONS WITH
SEVERAL AREAS RECEIVING AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.
THEREFORE WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS AND
WITH THE IMPULSE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING UNTIL 8
PM MST FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

BY SATURDAY THE INVERTED TROUGH WILL HAVE DRIFTED TO A LOCATION THAT
WILL GENERALLY EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA TO THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE FOR
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ON
SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY THE TROUGH WILL DRIFT A BIT FARTHER NORTHWEST...
BUT WILL WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY BY THAT TIME. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE A
BIT LESS ON SUNDAY...BUT STILL IN THE SCATTERED CATEGORY. STARTING
ON MONDAY A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST COAST
AND DRIER WESTERLY FLOW COULD MAKE ITS WAY INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND PERHAPS EVEN INTO WESTERN ARIZONA. IF SO...THEN RAIN CHANCES
WILL BE DOWN TO THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CATEGORY AND THIS IS WHAT
I HAVE GOING IN THE FORECAST FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

HIGH TEMPS WILL BE AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WHICH IS SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THEREAFTER HIGHS WILL CLIMB
SLOWLY EACH DAY TO NEAR 100 BY LATE IN THE WEEK WHICH WILL BE BACK
TO NEAR NORMAL. LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S WHICH
IS AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

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.AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
AT KTUS.
&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH AZZ019-029>035
     (NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY...UPPER GILA
      RIVER VALLEY (GRAHAM COUNTY)...WESTERN PIMA COUNTY...TOHONO
      OODHAM NATION...EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND
      COCHISE COUNTY) FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING UNTIL 8 PM MST
      FRIDAY EVENING.
&&

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
252 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006

AZZ019-029>035-281400-
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-
TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
252 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH
8 PM MST FRIDAY EVENING...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM IN ARIZONA. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES THESE
STORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND WILL EVENTUALLY PUSH SOUTH OFF THE HIGHER
TERRAIN INTO THE LOWER DESERTS. DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. LAST
NIGHT MANY AREAS WERE ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WELL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN MANY PLACES...AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS
REPORTING AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. WITH THE ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINS DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. IN
ADDITION...A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT COULD BRIEFLY EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING DAMAGING
WIND. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT SINCE
THE AIRMASS WAS STABILIZED DUE TO THE COOLING OF THE BOUNDARY
LAYER FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNINGS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST THIS EVENING THROUGH
8 PM MST FRIDAY EVENING...

TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE...AS THE UPPER LOW OVER COLORADO DROPS
SOUTH IT WILL MERGE WITH A TROUGH THAT IS CURRENTLY OVER WEST
TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE WEST ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS
WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
DURING THAT TIME FRAME WITH THE BEST RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM MST FRIDAY EVENING.

BY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL MAKE
ITS WAY TOWARD THE WEST COAST AND SOME DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA. AS A RESULT...SOME OF THIS DRIER AIR MAY
WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE MUCH LESS
THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED. A FEW OF
THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD BRIEFLY
APPROACH OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS..BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1047 PM MST THU JUL 27 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     HAIL             SAFFORD                 32.83N 109.70W
07/27/2006  M0.25 INCH       GRAHAM             AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

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