Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2012, 5:29 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 24, 2012, 5:29 PM MST (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
224
WGUS55 KFGZ 250029
FFWFGZ
AZC025-250330-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0008.120725T0029Z-120725T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
529 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 830 PM MST
* AT 526 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
YAVAPAI COUNTY...AFFECTING THE GLADIATOR BURN AREA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING OVER THE GLADIATOR BURN AREA...PRIMARILY NORTH OF THE CROWN
KING COMMUNITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TURKEY CREEK...POLAND CREEK...TOWERS CREEK...CRAZY BASIN CREEK...WOLF
CREEK...BEAR CREEK...TUSCUMBIA CREEK...PINE CREEK...ARRASTRA CREEK
AND MINNEHAHA CREEK.
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.
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 3433 11232 3430 11224 3425 11228 3420 11230
3424 11239 3433 11238
$$
MCS2 follow-up statements
522
WGUS75 KFGZ 250159
FFSFGZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
659 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012
AZC025-250330-
/O.CON.KFGZ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120725T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YAVAPAI AZ-
659 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY...
AT 650 PM MST...RAIN GAGES OVER THE GLADIATOR BURN AREA SHOWED ONE
HALF TO OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. AREAS ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM
OF EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN AREA ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE
GREATEST IMPACT FROM THE RUNOFF. THIS INCLUDES THE PECK CANYON AREA
AND PECK MINE ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TURKEY CREEK...POLAND CREEK...TOWERS CREEK...CRAZY BASIN CREEK...WOLF
CREEK...BEAR CREEK...TUSCUMBIA CREEK...ARRASTRA CREEK AND MINNEHAHA
CREEK.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY TRIGGER LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS...AS
WELL AS MUDSLIDES...ROCKSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS WITHIN AND
DOWNSTREAM OF THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN AREA. ROADWAYS IN THE AREA WILL
LIKELY BE INUNDATED AND WASHED OUT. STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL FLOW FAR
ABOVE TYPICAL LEVELS AND WILL CARRY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SEDIMENT.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE THE GLADIATOR FIRE BURN
AREA...THE COMMUNITY OF CROWN KING...CROWN KING ROAD...SENATOR
HIGHWAY...AND POTENTIALLY SECTIONS OF WAGONER ROAD.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3433 11232 3430 11224 3425 11228 3420 11230
3424 11239 3433 11238
$$
MCS385
WGUS75 KFGZ 250326
FFSFGZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
826 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012
AZC025-250333-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120725T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YAVAPAI AZ-
826 PM MST TUE JUL 24 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN ENDED OVER THE GLADIATOR BURN AREA AROUND 630 PM MST.
STORM RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING...AND THE RISK
OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED.
LAT...LON 3433 11232 3430 11224 3425 11228 3420 11230
3424 11239 3433 11238
$$
JJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:52 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 23 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.