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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 11, 2016Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this areal flood warning at Aug 11, 2016, 3:36 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2016, 3:36 PM MST (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2016, 3:15 PM MST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Aug 11, 10:50 AM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:50 AM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 12:23 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	112 min
Aug 11, 2:15 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham	3 hr
Aug 11, 4:00 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 11, 4:59 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pinal	2 hr
Aug 11, 6:26 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pinal	3 hr
Aug 11, 8:18 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 11, 9:42 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	TWC	Pinal	3 hr
Aug 11, 10:47 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	TWC	Pinal	6 hr
Aug 11, 11:15 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.