Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Tucson, AZ

547 
WGUS75 KTWC 081936
FFSTWC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1236 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014

AZC019-021-082000-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140908T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-
1236 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PINAL AND CENTRAL PIMA COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD ENDED 
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST PINAL COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THIS HEAVY RAIN 
HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF PINAL COUNTY AND THE GREATER 
TUCSON AREA WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 
PM MST. 

LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGESTED THAT NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST PINAL COUNTY AND NORTHERN 
PORTIONS OF THE TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THAT 
SAID...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 1 PM MST. 
PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND ELEVATED FLOWS IN NORMALLY DRY 
WASHES CAN STILL BE ENCOUNTERED DUE TO THE EARLIER RAINS. ALSO...A 
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA SO 
BE ALERT TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATER TODAY. 


LAT...LON 3250 11232 3251 11222 3255 11221 3276 11174
      3273 11173 3274 11166 3276 11160 3287 11149
      3266 11121 3209 11131 3197 11183

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
945 AM MST MON SEP 8 2014

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.
MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON WESTERLY FLOW TUESDAY ONWARD FOR
A BRIEF DRY PERIOD FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY WITH
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RISING BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS DURING THAT
TIME. LOW END RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN LATE NEXT WEEK AND INTO THE
WEEKEND...BUT MAINLY EAST OF TUCSON.

&&

.DISCUSSION...ALL OF THE MAJOR FLOODING ISSUES THIS MORNING HAVE
BEEN UP IN MARICOPA COUNTY WHERE PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT HAS
RECORDED OVER 3" OF RAIN THIS MORNING...AN ALL-TIME DAILY RECORD.
FOR OUR NECK OF THE CACTI WE'VE SEEN SCATTERED HEAVY RAINERS DEVELOP
OVER PARTS OF PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE
ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS OUT IN WESTERN PIMA COUNTY WHERE I HAVE
DROPPED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING
INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS PINAL...CENTRAL/EASTERN
PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES. THE EASTERN ZONE WILL BE UNDER THE
THREAT MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RAN OUT
ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE FORECAST FOR CURRENT TRENDS.

&&

.AVIATION...VALID THRU 09/12Z
SCTD-NUMEROUS SHRA ISOLD TSRA EXPECTED THRU 09/02Z. AREAS OF
CEILINGS AT 5-8K FT AGL WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS ABV. LOCAL MVFR
CEILINGS/VSBYS WITH THE STRONGER SHRA+/TSRA. SURFACE WIND GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 KTS EXCEPT GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WILL MAINTAIN THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
EVENING.  ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.  20-FOOT WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN...EXCEPT FOR STRONG GUSTY
OUTFLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS.  THE DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE
REGION WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY ONWARD RESULTING IN A DECREASING THREAT
OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
  FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF
   SOUTHEAST ARIZONA INCLUDING AZZ502>515.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
922 AM MST MON SEP 08 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0919 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR F 32.22N 110.87W
09/08/2014                   PIMA               AZ   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SAW A CAR STALLED IN FLOOD WATERS NEAR PARK PLACE MALL

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1400108

KD

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
948 AM MST MON SEP 08 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0942 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SE SADDLEBROOKE       32.51N 110.88W
09/08/2014                   PINAL              AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SADDLEBROOKE WASH OUT OF ITS BANKS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER TWC1400109

GLZ