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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 5:39 PM MST for Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It was in force for 111 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 13, 2016, 5:39 PM MST (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 7:30 PM MST
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Santa Cruz County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
985 WGUS55 KTWC 140039 FFWTWC AZC023-140230- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0026.160814T0039Z-160814T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 539 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 730 PM MST * AT 537 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN AN AROUND THE SONOITA AREA SINCE ABOUT 445 PM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SONOITA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3169 11061 3161 11060 3161 11070 3169 11068 $$
2 follow-up statements
808 WGUS75 KTWC 140132 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 632 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2016 AZC023-140230- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160814T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA CRUZ- 632 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... AT 626 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD DIMINISHED IN AND AROUND THE SONOITA AREA SINCE 6 PM. HOWEVER THERE ARE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE AREA IN FAR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY THAT MAY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO TWO INCHES BEFORE 6 PM MAY BE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3169 11061 3161 11060 3161 11070 3169 11068 $$
981 WGUS75 KTWC 140226 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 726 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2016 AZC023-140233- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160814T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA CRUZ- 726 PM MST SAT AUG 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MST... WATER LEVELS FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY RECEDING AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER A CONCERN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST SANTA CRUZ COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3169 11061 3161 11060 3161 11070 3169 11068 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:59 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 46 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.