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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 11, 2008

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Jul 11, 2008, 2:01 PM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2008, 2:01 PM MST (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2008, 10:39 PM MST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 11, 8:57 AM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 8:57 AM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:28 AM MST, 10 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
328 AM MST FRI JUL 11 2008

AZZ019-029>035-120000-
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-
TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
328 AM MST FRI JUL 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN...WILL ROTATE AROUND A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA TODAY. IF THERE IS ANY CLEARING TODAY...
CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY BECOME FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. DEPENDING ON HOW
FAST THE RAIN FALLS...AND HOW MUCH SPACING THERE IS BETWEEN THE
INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND STORMS...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS
A POSSIBILITY ALONG WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS ACROSS
THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE ACTION IF
ADVISORIES...WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO SATURDAY
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...A MORE STANDARD
MONSOON PATTERN IS EXPECTED WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:41 AM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 2:23 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	2 hr
Jul 11, 4:38 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	112 min
Jul 11, 6:38 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Graham, Pima, Pinal	112 min
Jul 11, 3:24 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Santa Cruz	2 hr
Jul 11, 4:10 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	110 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.