Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Aug 13, 2006, 1:41 PM MST (20:41 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2006, 2:45 PM MST

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pima County, AZ

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WGUS55 KTWC 132043
FFWTWC
AZC019-132245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
141 PM MST SUN AUG 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

* UNTIL 345 PM MST

* AT 139 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER     
  SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...ALONG ARIVACA ROAD NEAR THE TOWN OF    
  ARIVACA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNCTION OF
  HIGHWAY 286 AND ARIVACA ROAD

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3154 11168 3144 11137 3154 11137 3154 11116
      3186 11116 3189 11159

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
ZELL

000 
WGUS75 KTWC 132118
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
217 PM MST SUN AUG 13 2006

AZC019-132245-
PIMA AZ-
217 PM MST SUN AUG 13 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

AT 215 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA 
COUNTY...ALONG HIGHWAY 286 SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF ARIVACA ROAD TO 
THE NORTH OF SASABE...AS WELL AS ALONG ARIVACA ROAD. RADAR ESTIMATES 
OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURED IN THIS 
AREA...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ALONG 
PORTIONS OF ARIVACA ROAD. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNCTION OF
HIGHWAY 286 AND ARIVACA ROAD

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3154 11168 3144 11137 3154 11137 3154 11116
      3186 11116 3189 11159

$$

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
ZELL

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 13, 8:45 AM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
845 AM MST SUN AUG 13 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA FOR CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS WEEK.
&&

.DISCUSSION...LARGE COMPLEX FROM NORTHERN SONORA HAS FED DEBRIS
CLOUD AND MOISTURE INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THIS MORNING. 12Z KTUS
SOUNDING CAME IN WITH A HEALTHY 1.6 INCHES PRECIPITABLE WATER AND
PLENTY UNSTABLE. SOME LOW LEVEL SHEAR BUT WINDS ARE QUITE LIGHT AT
STEERING LEVELS. SURFACE DEWPTS REMAIN IN THE 60S AND ISOLATED
CONVECTION IS ALREADY OCCURRING. WITH SUCH WEAK STORM MOVEMENT HEAVY
RAIN ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A CONCERN...WITH ISOLATED WET MICROBURST
ACTIVITY AS WELL.

INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPING WEST COAST TROUGH SEEMS TO BE LOOSING ITS
PUNCH AT THIS LATITUDE. AREAS FROM TUCSON EAST NOT LIKELY TO SEE
MUCH IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT DRYING AS WE KEEP MORE OF A SOUTHERLY
COMPONENT TO OUR FLOW...KEEPING THE DEEPER MOISTURE IN OR VERY NEAR
TO THE AREA. WE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MODERATE PREVIOUS DRYING
TRENDS IN THE FORECAST...NUDGING BACK TOWARD A MORE SEASONAL MID
AUGUST FORECAST.
&&

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

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.