Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2016, 5:20 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 115 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 5:20 PM MST (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 7:15 PM MST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
859
WGUS55 KTWC 070020
FFWTWC
AZC023-070215-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0002.160707T0020Z-160707T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
520 PM MST WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 715 PM MST
* AT 518 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN NEAR NOGALES. AN AUTOMATED GAUGE IN NOGALES SONORA HAS
RECEIVED 1.18 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A RAPID INCREASE IN FLOW IN THE NOGALES WASH FROM
SONORA INTO NOGALES ARIZONA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE INUNDATED IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
NOGALES...RIO RICO NORTHWEST...RIO RICO SOUTHWEST...RIO RICO
SOUTHEAST...RIO RICO NORTHEAST...TUMACACORI-CARMEN AND RIO RICO.
LAT...LON 3134 11109 3155 11105 3149 11090 3133 11082
3133 11108
$$
GL2 follow-up statements
718
WGUS75 KTWC 070124
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
624 PM MST WED JUL 6 2016
AZC023-070215-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160707T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA CRUZ-
624 PM MST WED JUL 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY...
AT 623 PM MST...NOGALES WASH CONTINUED TO FLOW AT ABOUT 4 FEET
THROUGH THE CITY OF NOGALES BUT HAS NOT REACHED BANKFULL. WITH
ADDITIONAL RAIN IN THE AREA...ADDITIONAL RISES ON THE NOGALES WASH
REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL 715 PM MST.
LAT...LON 3134 11109 3155 11105 3149 11090 3133 11082
3133 11108
$$
GL546
WGUS75 KTWC 070212
FFSTWC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
712 PM MST WED JUL 6 2016
AZC023-070220-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160707T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA CRUZ-
712 PM MST WED JUL 6 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM MST...
FLOOD WATERS ARE NOW RECEDING IN NOGALES WASH IN THE CITY OF NOGALES
BUT ELEVATED FLOWS REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3134 11109 3155 11105 3149 11090 3133 11082
3133 11108
$$
GLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:18 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 117 min |
| Jul 7, 12:30 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:39 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 1:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 85 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.