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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2014, 2:13 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 92 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
- Sep 26, 2014, 2:13 PM MST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2014, 3:45 PM MST
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442
WGUS55 KTWC 262113
FFWTWC
AZC023-262245-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0076.140926T2113Z-140926T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
213 PM MST FRI SEP 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...THIS INCLUDES THE
CITY OF NOGALES...
* UNTIL 345 PM MST
* AT 200 PM MST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE RIO RICO AREA. CONTINUED
MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL
FLOODING OF AREA WASHES FROM RIO RICO TO NOGALES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TUBAC AND
RIO RICO.
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 3134 11112 3171 11115 3172 11083 3133 11081
3133 11111
$$1 follow-up statement
157
WGUS75 KTWC 262247
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
347 PM MST FRI SEP 26 2014
AZC023-262253-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-140926T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA CRUZ AZ-
347 PM MST FRI SEP 26 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HIT CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY EARLIER HAS
HAD AMPLE TIME TO DRAIN INTO WASHES...AND THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IS
STILL LIKELY IN ROADWAY DIPS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN NOGALES SONORA MAY ALSO RESULT IN A HEAVY
FLOW IN THE NOGALES WASH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY UNTIL 5 PM MST.
LAT...LON 3134 11112 3171 11115 3172 11083 3133 11081
3133 11111
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 5:14 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:31 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 12:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 12:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 12:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 110 min |
| Sep 26, 1:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 28 min |
| Sep 26, 1:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 1:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 1:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 42 min |
| Sep 26, 2:13 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 37 min |
| Sep 26, 2:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 2:43 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 48 min | |
| Sep 26, 3:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 31 min |
| Sep 26, 3:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 46 min | |
| Sep 26, 4:52 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | 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.