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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2007, 12:03 AM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 87 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2007, 12:03 AM MST (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2007, 1:30 AM MST
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:29 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Douglas, AZ | DOUGLAS PD REPORTED THAT AREAS OF DOUGLAS EXPERIENCED FLASH FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 230705 FFWTWC AZC003-230830- /X.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0052.070823T0703Z-070823T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1203 AM MST THU AUG 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOUGLAS... * UNTIL 130 AM MST * AT 1157 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOUGLAS AND THE TOWN OF PIRTLEVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND DOUGLAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA. LAT...LON 3120 10984 3108 10954 3142 10927 3152 10971 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 230744 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1242 AM MST THU AUG 23 2007 AZC003-230830- /X.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070823T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 1242 AM MST THU AUG 23 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 1235 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY HAS ENDED. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF DOUGLAS...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS UP TO 3 INCHES. FLOODING OF WASHES IS LIKELY OCCURRING AT THIS TIME ALONG WITH STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3120 10984 3108 10954 3142 10927 3152 10971 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
000 WGUS75 KTWC 230829 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 128 AM MST THU AUG 23 2007 AZC003-230838- /X.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070823T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 128 AM MST THU AUG 23 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COCHISE COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS OVER. DOUGLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE AREA IN DOUGLAS THAT EXPERIENCED FLASH FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE. LAT...LON 3120 10984 3108 10954 3142 10927 3152 10971 $$ WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 11:44 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 22 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.