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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 21, 2007Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2007, 7:43 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 21, 2007, 7:51 PM MST. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2007, 7:43 PM MST (02:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 21, 2007, 7:51 PM MST
Expired
Jul 21, 2007, 10:45 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 21, 9:08 PM MSTFLASH FLOOD4 E Superior, AZROCK SLIDES ASSOCIATED WITH FLASH FLOODING ON U.S. 60 BETWEEN QUEEN CREEK TUNNEL AND DEVILS CANYON. REPORTS RECEIVED AT GLOBE S.O. FROM 803 PM TO 908 PM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2007-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 269 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2007-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KPSR 220251
FFWPSR
AZC007-021-220545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
743 PM MST SAT JUL 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWEST GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
  NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...THIS         
  INCLUDES THE CITY OF SUPERIOR...AND THE AREA NEAR ROOSEVELT LAKE

* UNTIL 1045 PM MST

* AT 743 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE EAST   
  END OF ROOSEVELT LAKE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SUPERIOR. RADAR         
  INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAD OCCURRED IN   
  THIS AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF     
  RAIN NEAR ROOSEVELT LAKE AND JUST NORTHEAST OF SUPERIOR.           
  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. 

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

LAT...LON 3377 11083 3377 11105 3364 11107 3352 11107
      3344 11111 3305 11126 3306 11095 3360 11085

$$

DG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa53 min
Jul 21, 7:43 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRGila, Pinal2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.