Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2008, 3:24 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 111 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 13, 2008, 3:24 PM MST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2008, 5:15 PM MST
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 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 132224 FFWTWC AZC003-140015- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0021.080713T2224Z-080714T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 324 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 515 PM MST * AT 316 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN HIGHWAY 90 AND HIGHWAY 80 ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUACHUCA CITY...OR 10 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF SIERRA VISTA...MOVING NORTHWEST 10 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR... ST DAVID AT 340 PM MST KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK AT 400 PM MST EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES AND STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. LAT...LON 3153 11045 3199 11045 3197 11000 3159 11021 $$ MEYER
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KTWC 132239 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 339 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 AZC003-140015- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080714T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 339 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 330 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM GENERATING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK TO NEAR SAINT DAVID...ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BENSON. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR... BENSON BY 415 PM MST... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES AND STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. LAT...LON 3153 11045 3199 11045 3197 11000 3159 11021 $$ MEYER
000 WGUS75 KTWC 132319 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 419 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 AZC003-140015- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080714T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 419 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 406 PM MST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN BENSON REPORTED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCE A THIRD INCH OF RAIN IN ONLY 9 MINUTES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN NEAR BENSON...AS WELL AS AN AREA OVER THE SAN PEDRO RIVER BASIN BOUNDED BY HIGHWAY 82 TO THE SOUTH...HIGHWAY 90 TO THE WEST...AND HIGHWAY 80 TO THE EAST. RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL FILL WASHES THAT DRAIN INTO THE SAN PEDRO RIVER WITH RUNNING WATER. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3153 11045 3199 11045 3197 11000 3159 11021 $$
000 WGUS75 KTWC 140010 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 510 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 AZC003-140020- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080714T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 510 PM MST SUN JUL 13 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MST FOR WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... ALTHOUGH WEST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...THE RAINFALL HAS HAD AMPLE TIME TO DRAIN INTO WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEREFORE... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM MST. LAT...LON 3153 11045 3199 11045 3197 11000 3159 11021 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 6:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:49 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 8:01 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:55 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 110 min |
| Jul 13, 12:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pinal | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 12 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:12 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:06 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 114 min |
| Jul 13, 4:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 117 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.