Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2012, 11:23 AM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 82 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, 2012, 11:23 AM MST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 12:45 PM MST
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Yavapai County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
164
WGUS55 KFGZ 131823
FFWFGZ
AZC025-131945-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0002.120713T1823Z-120713T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1123 AM MST FRI JUL 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM MST
* AT 1118 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS IN AND
AROUND THE GLADIATOR BURN AREA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF CROWN
KING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY TRIGGER LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS...AS
WELL AS MUDSLIDES...ROCKSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS WITHIN AND
DOWNSTREAM OF THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN AREA. ROADWAYS IN THE AREA WILL
LIKELY BE INUNDATED AND WASHED OUT. STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL FLOW FAR
ABOVE TYPICAL LEVELS AND WILL CARRY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SEDIMENT.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN
AREA...THE COMMUNITY OF CROWN KING...CROWN KING ROAD...SENATOR
HIGHWAY...AND POTENTIALLY SECTIONS OF WAGONER ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 11243 3426 11233 3425 11225 3419 11229
3416 11244
$$
DJO2 follow-up statements
511
WGUS75 KFGZ 131935
FFSFGZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1235 PM MST FRI JUL 13 2012
AZC025-131945-
/O.CON.KFGZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120713T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YAVAPAI AZ-
1235 PM MST FRI JUL 13 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM MST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY...
AT 1224 PM MST...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
GLADIATOR FIRE BURN AREA INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF CROWN KING.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AFFECTED THE BURN AREA
OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES...AND MAY TRIGGER LOCALIZED
MUD...ROCK...AND DEBRIS SLIDES UNTIL 1245 PM MST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE LIKELY TRIGGERED LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS...AS WELL AS MUDSLIDES...ROCKSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS WITHIN
AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN AREA. ROADWAYS IN THE AREA
WILL LIKELY BE INUNDATED AND WASHED OUT. STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL
FLOW FAR ABOVE TYPICAL LEVELS AND WILL CARRY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF
SEDIMENT.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN
AREA...THE COMMUNITY OF CROWN KING...CROWN KING ROAD...SENATOR
HIGHWAY...AND POTENTIALLY SECTIONS OF WAGONER ROAD...AS WELL AS
LOCALIZED ROCK AND DEBRIS SLIDES NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE BURN AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 11243 3426 11233 3425 11225 3419 11229
3416 11244
$$
DJO056
WGUS75 KFGZ 131947
FFSFGZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1247 PM MST FRI JUL 13 2012
AZC025-131956-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120713T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YAVAPAI AZ-
1247 PM MST FRI JUL 13 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI
COUNTY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN AREA HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ROADWAYS IN THE AREA MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO
FLOODING...MUD...ROCK...AND DEBRIS SLIDES.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN
AREA...THE COMMUNITY OF CROWN KING...CROWN KING ROAD...SENATOR
HIGHWAY...AND POTENTIALLY SECTIONS OF WAGONER ROAD.
LAT...LON 3430 11243 3426 11233 3425 11225 3419 11229
3416 11244
$$
DJOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 10:45 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:54 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 12:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Watch | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai | 57 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:33 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:10 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Gila | 40 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.