Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Tucson, AZ

Issued

Sep 6, 2012, 1:39 PM MST (20:39 UTC)

Expired

Sep 6, 2012, 3:45 PM MST

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Tucson, AZ

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Pima County, AZ

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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860 
WGUS55 KTWC 062039
FFWTWC
AZC019-062245-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0058.120906T2039Z-120906T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
139 PM MST THU SEP 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 345 PM MST

* AT 130 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIL NAGGIA. OTHER STORMS
  WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN FROM COVERED WELLS TO QUEENS WELL NORTH
  THROUGH SANTA ROSA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTA 
  ROSA...SIL NAGGIA AND QUEENS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3249 11202 3250 11157 3209 11140 3212 11214

$$

KD

038 
WGUS75 KTWC 062213
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
313 PM MST THU SEP 6 2012

AZC019-062245-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120906T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIMA AZ-
313 PM MST THU SEP 6 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

AT 301 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA...BUT RUNOFF INTO 
WASHES AND STREAM BEDS WILL CONTINUE FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL 
EARLIER FROM COVERED WELL EASTWARD TO SIL NAGGIA AND DOWNSTREAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3249 11202 3250 11157 3209 11140 3212 11214

$$

KD

285 
WGUS75 KTWC 062248
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
348 PM MST THU SEP 6 2012

AZC019-062256-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-120906T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIMA AZ-
348 PM MST THU SEP 6 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

AT 345 PM MST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATE THE HEAVIEST 
PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY. 
LIGHT SHOWERS REMAIN. DRIVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AS 
WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS DRAIN.

LAT...LON 3249 11202 3250 11157 3209 11140 3212 11214

$$

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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.