Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 24, 2007, 3:08 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 97 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 24, 2007, 3:08 PM MST (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2007, 4:45 PM MST
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 24, 4:15 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Nogales, AZ | PART OF DOWNTOWN NOGALES FLOODED |
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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 242211
FFWTWC
AZC023-242345-
/X.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0053.070824T2208Z-070824T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
308 PM MST FRI AUG 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NOGALES...
* UNTIL 445 PM MST
* AT 303 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY
TUBAC...NOGALES...TO PATAGONIA LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
AT 303 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1.4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAD FALLEN IN NOGALES SINCE 215 PM MST. ALSO...SEVERAL
STREETS HAD WATER FLOWING OVER THE CURBS...WITH WATER FLOWING IN
TRIBUTARIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUBAC
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH UP TO 1.50 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES AND REPLACES THE URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3136 11112 3134 11104 3135 11097 3134 11088
3134 11077 3161 11082 3160 11097 3164 11110
3157 11114 3153 11115 3149 11120 3141 11117
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KTWC 242257
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
354 PM MST FRI AUG 24 2007
AZC023-242345-
/X.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-070824T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA CRUZ AZ-
354 PM MST FRI AUG 24 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MST FOR
WESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...
AT 349 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY
OF NOGALES...AS WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 19 TO TUBAC. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS IN THE VICINITY OF RUBY AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS
THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE
WEST AT AROUND 5 MPH.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
LAT...LON 3136 11112 3134 11104 3135 11097 3134 11088
3134 11077 3161 11082 3160 11097 3164 11110
3157 11114 3153 11115 3149 11120 3141 11117
$$
WEATHER.GOV/TUCSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 6:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 86 min |
| Aug 23, 7:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 7:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 1:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 1:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 2:03 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 87 min |
| Aug 24, 2:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 3:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:16 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 119 min |
| Aug 24, 3:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 4:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.