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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2014, 3:27 PM MST for Cochise 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
- Sep 8, 2014, 3:27 PM MST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2014, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
320 WGUS55 KTWC 082227 FFWTWC AZC003-090130- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0069.140908T2227Z-140909T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 327 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... * UNTIL 630 PM MST * AT 324 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY FROM NEAR TOMBSTONE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF I-10 BETWEEN BENSON AND WILLCOX. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-10 AND TEXAS CANYON...DRAGOON AND COCHISE 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 3214 11013 3218 10978 3177 10984 3171 11029 $$ MEYER
3 follow-up statements
431 WGUS75 KTWC 082256 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 356 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 AZC003-090130- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-140909T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 356 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 348 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY BETWEEN TOMBSTONE AND INTERSTATE 10. ONE RAINFALL GAUGE IN THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS HAS REGISTERED 1.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES EXCEED 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDING NEAR TEXAS CANYON AT I-10. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-10 AND TEXAS CANYON...DRAGOON AND COCHISE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 3214 11013 3218 10978 3177 10984 3171 11029 $$ MEYER
037 WGUS75 KTWC 090030 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 530 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 AZC003-090130- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-140909T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 530 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 524 PM MST...SHOWERS WERE QUICKLY DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY IN CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY AND MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF THE AREA. HEAVY FLOW FROM WIDESPREAD RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES FROM NEAR TOMBSTONE NORTHWARD TO I-10 WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT HEAVY FLOW IN WASHES AND PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO I-10 AND TEXAS CANYON...DRAGOON AND COCHISE 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. 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 3214 11013 3218 10978 3177 10984 3171 11029 $$ MEYER
203 WGUS75 KTWC 090121 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 621 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 AZC003-090130- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-140909T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ- 621 PM MST MON SEP 8 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MST FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 620 PM MST SHOWERS HAD ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY. EXPECT HEAVY FLOW IN STREAMS AND WASHES AS WELL AS SOME PONDING IN ROADWAYS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LAT...LON 3214 11013 3218 10978 3177 10984 3171 11029 $$ MEYER
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, 8:58 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 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 |
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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.