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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2014, 8:58 AM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2014, 8:58 AM MST (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:19 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Davis-Monthan Air F, AZ | SAW A CAR STALLED IN FLOOD WATERS NEAR PARK PLACE MALL |
| Sep 8, 10:10 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Davis-Monthan Air, AZ | 22ND STREET FLOODED FROM KOLB TO WILMOT |
| Sep 8, 10:24 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ssw Catalina Foothill, AZ | TRUCK DRIVER RESCUED BY PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF AT PONTATOC AND RIVER ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 1182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
830
WGUS55 KTWC 081558
FFWTWC
AZC019-081800-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0063.140908T1558Z-140908T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
858 AM MST MON SEP 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TUCSON...
* UNTIL 1100 AM MST
* AT 854 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF
EAST AND CENTRAL TUCSON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF CAMPBELL AVENUE AND
FROM GOLF LINKS ROAD TO GRANT ROAD.
* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY URBAN AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF WASHES
AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3227 11098 3232 11086 3225 11079 3213 11086
3220 11092
$$2 follow-up statements
621
WGUS75 KTWC 081622
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
922 AM MST MON SEP 8 2014
AZC019-081800-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-140908T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIMA AZ-
922 AM MST MON SEP 8 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MST FOR EAST
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...
AT 908 AM MST...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUED TO TRACK THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE GREATER TUCSON
AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM SUNRISE DRIVE AND SWAN
ROAD EAST TO HARRISON ROAD AND SOUTH TO GOLF LINKS ROAD. RAINFALL
RATES ON THE ORDER OF .75 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. A WEATHER SPOTTER NEAR DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR
FORCE BASE REPORTED 1.72 INCHES OF RAIN WITH FLOODING IN THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3227 11098 3232 11086 3225 11079 3213 11086
3220 11092
$$882
WGUS75 KTWC 081742
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1042 AM MST MON SEP 8 2014
AZC019-081800-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-140908T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIMA AZ-
1042 AM MST MON SEP 8 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MST FOR EAST
CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF TUCSON...
AT 1028 AM MST...RADAR WAS SHOWING SOMEWHAT OF A LULL IN THE HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS CENTRAL AND EASTERN TUCSON. EVEN THOUGH THE
HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...RADAR WAS SHOWING SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA WHICH WILL TRACK THROUGH PORTIONS
OF TUCSON BY 1130 AM MST.
SOME OF THE LARGER WASH WERE ALREADY RESPONDING TO THE HEAVY
RUNOFF...WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOWS BEING REPORTED IN THE RILLITO WASH.
RUNOFF AND PONDING OF WATER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MANY
OF THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING.
THUS...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED IN TIME AND
ENCOMPASS OR INCLUDE THE OTHER WARNINGS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THAT SAID...ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY ADDING TO THE CURRENT FLOODING
PROBLEMS.
LAT...LON 3227 11098 3232 11086 3225 11079 3213 11086
3220 11092
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 84 min |
| Sep 7, 8:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Watch | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 21 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:31 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:47 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:05 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:25 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 110 min |
| Sep 8, 9:27 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:06 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:00 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:06 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 114 min |
| Sep 8, 1:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 87 min |
| Sep 8, 1:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:13 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Greenlee | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:27 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.