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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 4:44 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 3, 2016, 4:44 PM MST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 6:45 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
881 WGUS55 KTWC 032344 FFWTWC AZC021-040145- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0017.160803T2344Z-160804T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 444 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 645 PM MST * AT 442 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ALONG PARK LINK DRIVE AND CADILLAC WASH. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING ALONG TUCSON WASH WEST OF MAMMOTH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MAMMOTH AND PARK LINK DRIVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3288 11071 3265 11057 3255 11126 3270 11140 $$ KD
1 follow-up statement
335 WGUS75 KTWC 040144 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 644 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 AZC021-040153- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160804T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PINAL- 644 PM MST WED AUG 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PINAL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED BUT A FEW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 730 PM. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3288 11071 3265 11057 3255 11126 3270 11140 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:53 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 112 min |
| Aug 3, 1:13 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:54 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 111 min |
| Aug 3, 3:01 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 3:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 4:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 24 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:22 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 113 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.