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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2015, 1:05 PM MST for Cochise County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 115 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 15, 2015, 1:05 PM MST (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2015, 3:00 PM MST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
884
WGUS55 KTWC 152005
FFWTWC
AZC003-023-152200-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0007.150715T2005Z-150715T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
105 PM MST WED JUL 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 300 PM MST
* AT 104 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AREAS WEST OF SIERRA VISTA AND PARKER CANYON LAKE.
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 3144 11036 3137 11047 3151 11055 3157 11043
$$2 follow-up statements
387 WGUS75 KTWC 152038 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 138 PM MST WED JUL 15 2015 AZC003-023-152200- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150715T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 138 PM MST WED JUL 15 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES... AT 135 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MAINLY NORTH OF PARKER CANYON LAKE AND IMPACTING STATE HIGHWAY 83. A REMOTE RAIN GUAGE NEAR PARKER CANYON LAKE REPORTED .67 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING IN THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... AREAS WEST OF SIERRA VISTA AND AROUND PARKER CANYON LAKE. LAT...LON 3144 11036 3137 11047 3151 11055 3157 11043 $$
949 WGUS75 KTWC 152203 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 303 PM MST WED JUL 15 2015 AZC003-023-152212- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150715T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE AZ-SANTA CRUZ AZ- 303 PM MST WED JUL 15 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3144 11036 3137 11047 3151 11055 3157 11043 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:13 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 1:34 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 116 min |
| Jul 15, 4:32 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 28 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.