Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2016, 6:18 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 117 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 6, 2016, 6:18 PM MST (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 8:15 PM MST
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
297 WGUS55 KTWC 070118 FFWTWC AZC003-070315- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0019.160807T0118Z-160807T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 618 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 815 PM MST * AT 616 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN NEAR PEARCE-SUNSITES. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KANSAS SETTLEMENT AND PEARCE-SUNSITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3209 10962 3172 10970 3181 10997 3209 10997 $$ GL
2 follow-up statements
212 WGUS75 KTWC 070211 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 711 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 AZC003-070315- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160807T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE- 711 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MST FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY... AT 710 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE GENERALLY WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA NEAR PEARCE- SUNSITES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA WITH FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING. NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE INUNDATED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... KANSAS SETTLEMENT AND PEARCE-SUNSITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3209 10962 3172 10970 3181 10997 3209 10997 $$ GL
422 WGUS75 KTWC 070306 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 806 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 AZC003-070315- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160807T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE- 806 PM MST SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3209 10962 3172 10970 3181 10997 3209 10997 $$ GL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 7:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 8:48 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 42 min | |
| Aug 6, 9:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 116 min |
| Aug 6, 9:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 115 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2016Every flash 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.