Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2006, 5:53 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2006, 5:53 PM MST (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2006, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 67 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 00:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 030059 FFWTWC AZC019-030300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 553 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 800 PM MST * AT 547 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE RINCON MOUNTAINS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST. COMBINED WITH CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE CATALINAS FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CATALINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS AREAS IN AND AROUND THE RINCON MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND WASHES AS WELL AS ROADS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3204 11046 3245 11046 3252 11075 3206 11073 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 030147 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 644 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006 AZC019-030300- PIMA AZ- 644 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 640 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN PIMA COUNTY HAD GREATLY DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CATALINAS AS WELL AS THE RINCON MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR SOME MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS. LAT...LON 3204 11046 3245 11046 3252 11075 3206 11073 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 030305 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 800 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006 AZC019-030320- PIMA AZ- 800 PM MST SUN JUL 2 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY... AT 755 PM MST...ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN PIMA COUNTY...BUT THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON OVER THE CATALINA AND RINCON MOUNTAINS HAD GREATLY DIMINISHED. SOME RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND A FEW ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY MOVE IN FROM THE EAST...BUT OVERALL CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING LESS FAVORABLE TO SUSTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A LARGE ENOUGH AREA TO WARRANT ANY EXTENSION IN THE WARNING EVEN WITH ISOLATED NEW DEVELOPMENT. LAT...LON 3204 11046 3245 11046 3252 11075 3206 11073 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:33 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 2:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 3:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
Sources
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.