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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2014, 6:24 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 111 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
- Aug 25, 2014, 6:24 PM MST (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2014, 8:15 PM MST
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WGUS55 KTWC 260124 FFWTWC AZC019-260315- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0053.140826T0124Z-140826T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 624 PM MST MON AUG 25 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 815 PM MST * AT 613 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM STRONG STORMS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF PAPAGO FARMS. RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN WASHES THAT DRAIN INTO PAPAGO FARMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3186 11231 3180 11200 3165 11206 3175 11238 $$
1 follow-up statement
458 WGUS75 KTWC 260309 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 809 PM MST MON AUG 25 2014 AZC019-260316- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140826T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIMA AZ- 809 PM MST MON AUG 25 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY... AMPLE TIME HAS ELAPSED FOR THE RAINFALL RUNOFF TO MAKE IT THROUGH PAPAGO FARMS THIS EVENING...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM MST. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IS STILL LIKELY TO PERSIST ACROSS PAPAGO FARMS OVERNIGHT. LAT...LON 3186 11231 3180 11200 3165 11206 3175 11238 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 5:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 107 min |
| Aug 25, 5:40 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 6:30 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 45 min | |
| Aug 25, 7:15 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:19 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:58 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:49 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 114 min |
| Aug 26, 1:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:38 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 2:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Aug 26, 2:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 114 min |
| Aug 26, 2:36 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 84 min |
| Aug 26, 2:43 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:46 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 2:49 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 116 min |
| Aug 26, 3:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:58 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 47 min | |
| Aug 26, 4:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 34 min | |
| Aug 26, 4:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima | 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.