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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2008, 6:28 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 92 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
- Aug 3, 2008, 6:28 PM MST (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2008, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 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 040128
FFWTWC
AZC003-040300-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0049.080804T0128Z-080804T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
628 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BISBEE...
* UNTIL 800 PM MST
* AT 617 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA
HARDEST HIT WAS NEAR ELFRIDA AND AROUND MCNEAL. ADDITIONAL STORMS
OVER THE AREA WILL MAKE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS MORE LIFE
THREATENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ELFRIDA..MCNEAL...PORTAL...AND CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3143 10995 3166 10995 3218 10922 3219 10907
3184 10907 3147 10968 3135 10977
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KTWC 040303
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
803 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008
AZC003-040312-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080804T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COCHISE AZ-
803 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN COCHISE
COUNTY...
THE WARNING HAS BE REPLACED BY AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY THROUGH 1015 PM MST FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. AT 855 PM
MST...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS NEAR WILLCOX AND HUACHUCA CITY.
LAT...LON 3143 10995 3166 10995 3218 10922 3219 10907
3184 10907 3147 10968 3135 10977
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:10 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 110 min |
| Aug 3, 7:18 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:44 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 8:17 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 10:15 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 85 min |
| Aug 4, 7:53 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 112 min |
| Aug 4, 2:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.