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Flood Watch 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 31, 2006

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flood watch at Jul 31, 2006, 9:01 AM MST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2006, 9:01 AM MST (16:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2006, 11:05 AM MST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jul 31, 8:40 AM MST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 8:40 AM MST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 5:00 AM MST, 4 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
500 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006

AZZ019-029-030-032>035-311600-
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- UPPER GILA RIVER
VALLEY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION- TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
500 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006

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

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 900 AM MST THIS MORNING...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAD RESULTED IN SATURATED
SOIL CONDITIONS AND RUNNING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND RIVERS.
THE AIR MASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA REMAINS VERY MOIST. ANY RAIN
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS AIR MASS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL DIMINISH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AZZ031-311600-
WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-
500 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 31, 5:34 AM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
534 AM MST MON JUL 31 2006

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

0530 AM     FLASH FLOOD      TUCSON                  32.20N 110.89W
07/31/2006                   PIMA               AZ   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STONE UNDERPASS IN DOWNTOWN TUCSON CLOSED DUE TO SEVERAL
            FEET OF WATER.

&&

JGLUECK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 2:40 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	35 min
Jul 31, 4:12 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	63 min
Jul 31, 5:52 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise, Graham	53 min
Jul 31, 6:11 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	34 min
Jul 31, 7:37 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	53 min
Jul 31, 7:47 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise, Graham	58 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.