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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 4:16 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2016, 4:16 PM MST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 7:15 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:46 PM MST | HEAVY RAIN 1 | 5 S New River, AZ | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 1 HOUR. |
| Aug 2, 5:29 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Wsw Cave Creek, AZ | SWIFT WATER RESCUE FOR A VEHICLE STUCK IN WATER. . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
716
WGUS55 KPSR 022316
FFWPSR
AZC013-030215-
/O.NEW.KPSR.FF.W.0003.160802T2316Z-160803T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
416 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 715 PM MST
* AT 415 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PHOENIX...GLENDALE...SCOTTSDALE...NEW RIVER...CAVE CREEK...
CAREFREE...CAMP CREEK...DESERT MOUNTAIN...DEER VALLEY AIRPORT...
ANTHEM AND SEVEN SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3404 11213 3401 11182 3381 11169 3368 11195
3365 11221 3389 11227 3392 11223 3395 11225
3398 11219 3405 11215
$$
SAWTELLE2 follow-up statements
380
WGUS75 KPSR 022348
FFSPSR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
448 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2016
AZC013-030215-
/O.CON.KPSR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160803T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARICOPA AZ-
448 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR
MARICOPA COUNTY...
AT 447 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PHOENIX...GLENDALE...SCOTTSDALE...NEW RIVER...CAVE CREEK...
CAREFREE...CAMP CREEK...DESERT MOUNTAIN...DEER VALLEY AIRPORT...
ANTHEM AND SEVEN SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 11207 3398 11180 3381 11169 3368 11195
3365 11220 3380 11225 3387 11227 3390 11222
3390 11221 3391 11216 3393 11213
$$
SAWTELLE879
WGUS75 KPSR 030027
FFSPSR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
527 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2016
AZC013-030215-
/O.CON.KPSR.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160803T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARICOPA AZ-
527 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR
MARICOPA COUNTY...
AT 525 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
LOCAL MEDIA IS REPORTING SEVERAL SWIFT WATER RESCUES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PHOENIX...GLENDALE...SCOTTSDALE...NEW RIVER...CAVE CREEK...
CAREFREE...CAMP CREEK...DESERT MOUNTAIN...DEER VALLEY AIRPORT...
ANTHEM AND SEVEN SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 11207 3398 11180 3381 11169 3368 11195
3365 11220 3380 11225 3387 11227 3390 11222
3390 11221 3391 11216 3393 11213
$$
SAWTELLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:33 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 3:40 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 65 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:31 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 119 min |
| Aug 2, 9:58 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Pinal | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:31 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:08 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:48 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.