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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 4:47 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 88 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
- Aug 1, 2016, 4:47 PM MST (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2016, 6:15 PM MST
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
605 WGUS55 KTWC 012347 FFWTWC AZC019-021-020115- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0013.160801T2347Z-160802T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 447 PM MST MON AUG 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 615 PM MST * AT 444 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS AREAS FROM NORTH OF ORO VALLEY TO CATALINA AND WESTWARD. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THE BIG WASH AT RANCHO VISTOSO AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ORO VALLEY...MARANA...TORTOLITA...CASAS ADOBES...SADDLEBROOKE... CATALINA...ORACLE JUNCTION...CATALINA STATE PARK AND DOVE MOUNTAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3261 11092 3237 11083 3238 11106 3263 11120 $$ MOLLERE
2 follow-up statements
537 WGUS75 KTWC 020025 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 525 PM MST MON AUG 1 2016 AZC019-021-020115- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160802T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PINAL-PIMA- 525 PM MST MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES... AT 516 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CATALINA TO DOVE MOUNTAIN AND FROM NORTH OF ORO VALLEY INTO PORTIONS OF PINAL COUNTY NEAR ORACLE JUNCTION. SEVERAL AUTOMATED GAUGES IN THIS AREA HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM AROUND 1.5 TO OVER 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THIS AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 615 PM MST. MOST OF THE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO BIG WASH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SOME ROADWAYS MAY BE COVERED WITH RAPIDLY MOVING WATER. IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER A ROADWAY COVERED WITH WATER... EITHER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS. NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE INUNDATED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ORO VALLEY...MARANA...TORTOLITA...CASAS ADOBES...SADDLEBROOKE...CATALINA... ORACLE JUNCTION...CATALINA STATE PARK AND DOVE MOUNTAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3261 11092 3237 11083 3238 11106 3263 11120 $$ MOLLERE
844 WGUS75 KTWC 020114 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 614 PM MST MON AUG 1 2016 AZC019-021-020122- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160802T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PINAL-PIMA- 614 PM MST MON AUG 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL AND NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER, RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF SWOLLEN WASHES. SERIOUS FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3261 11092 3237 11083 3238 11106 3263 11120 $$ MOLLERE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 116 min |
| Jul 31, 5:36 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 6:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 6:12 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 6:41 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 109 min |
| Jul 31, 6:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 117 min |
| Jul 31, 7:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz | 110 min |
| Jul 31, 8:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 110 min |
| Jul 31, 8:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 114 min |
| Jul 31, 10:17 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 10:42 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 11:12 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 108 min |
| Aug 1, 2:35 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 3:33 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 4:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 54 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.