Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2009, 6:45 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 90 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
- Jun 27, 2009, 6:45 PM MST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2009, 8:15 PM MST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 280145
FFWTWC
AZC003-280315-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0002.090628T0145Z-090628T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
645 PM MST SAT JUN 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 815 PM MST
* AT 638 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN
1.50 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR TOMBSTONE OVER THE PAST
HOUR. THE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN
ALONG MIDDLEMARCH...BENNETT RANCH AND GLEESON ROADS WEST OF
TOMBSTONE. THIS RAINFALL WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT WALNUT GULCH.
IN ADDITION TO THE RADAR INFORMATION...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN
TOMBSTONE RECEIVED 2.12 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR FROM THESE STORMS.
RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL RAPIDLY FILL NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WITH SWIFT RUNNING WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 11012 3181 10996 3170 10976 3158 10999
3165 11020
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KTWC 280227
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
727 PM MST SAT JUN 27 2009
AZC003-280315-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090628T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COCHISE AZ-
727 PM MST SAT JUN 27 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...
AT 712 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH
LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
THAT FELL ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DRAIN INTO
NORMALLY DRY WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THIS
WILL RESULT IN SWIFT MOVING WATER. THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS STILL A
THREAT.
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 1.50 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN NEAR TOMBSTONE OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. THE AREAS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAVE BEEN ALONG MIDDLEMARCH...BENNETT
RANCH AND GLEESON ROADS EAST OF TOMBSTONE. THIS RAINFALL WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT WALNUT GULCH.
IN ADDITION TO THE RADAR INFORMATION...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER IN
TOMBSTONE RECEIVED 2.12 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR FROM THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3182 11012 3181 10996 3170 10976 3158 10999
3165 11020
$$000
WGUS75 KTWC 280308
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
808 PM MST SAT JUN 27 2009
AZC003-280316-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090628T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COCHISE AZ-
808 PM MST SAT JUN 27 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
COCHISE COUNTY...
ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHWEST
COCHISE COUNTY...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM MST.
HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IS STILL LIKELY ACROSS THE
AREA. IN FACT...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MST FAR ALL OF SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3182 11012 3181 10996 3170 10976 3158 10999
3165 11020
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:25 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
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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.