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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2014, 9:16 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 11, 2014, 9:16 PM MST (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2014, 10:15 PM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
791
WGUS55 KTWC 120416
FFWTWC
AZC003-120515-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0009.140712T0416Z-140712T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
916 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIERRA VISTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM MST
* AT 912 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT 5
MPH. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY AND EXPANDS THE AREA NORTH
THROUGH THE WHETSTONE AND KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK AREA.
FLOODING HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE SIERRA VISTA AREA EARLIER.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HUACHUCA CITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3190 11044 3189 11025 3166 11014 3134 11013
3134 11046
$$
ZELL2 follow-up statements
323
WGUS75 KTWC 120446
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
946 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2014
AZC003-120515-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140712T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COCHISE AZ-
946 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY...
AT 935 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST COCHISE
COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THE LAST HOUR RANGED BETWEEN
ONE-HALF INCH NEAR SIERRA VISTA TO OVER AN INCH BETWEEN WHETSTONE
AND KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK. THIS RAINFALL IS OCCURRING IN AN
AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HUACHUCA CITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3190 11044 3189 11025 3166 11014 3134 11013
3134 11046
$$
ZELL017
WGUS75 KTWC 120518
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1018 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2014
AZC003-120526-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140712T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COCHISE AZ-
1018 PM MST FRI JUL 11 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE
COUNTY...
AT 1015 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED...WITH JUST SOME LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAINFALL IN SOUTHWEST COCHISE COUNTY. HEAVY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE IN SOME WASHES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ALSO BE CAUTIONS
OF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN LOW SPOTS AND DIPS.
LAT...LON 3190 11044 3189 11025 3166 11014 3134 11013
3134 11046
$$
ZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 114 min |
| Jul 11, 6:50 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 115 min |
| Jul 11, 7:44 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 91 min |
| Jul 11, 8:33 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 87 min |
| Jul 11, 10:01 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:25 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz | 19 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:37 AM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 16 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:58 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 32 min |
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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.