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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2016, 12:39 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 66 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 7, 2016, 12:39 PM MST (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 1:45 PM MST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cochise County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
706 WGUS55 KTWC 071939 FFWTWC AZC003-072045- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0003.160707T1939Z-160707T2045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 1239 PM MST THU JUL 7 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA... * UNTIL 145 PM MST * AT 1237 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CARR AND MILLER CANYONS. ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED BY GAUGES IN THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE INUNDATED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SIERRA VISTA SOUTHEAST...NICKSVILLE...RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE AND HEREFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3152 11012 3143 11010 3136 11029 3147 11032 $$ KD
2 follow-up statements
754 WGUS75 KTWC 072014 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 114 PM MST THU JUL 7 2016 AZC003-072045- /O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160707T2045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE- 114 PM MST THU JUL 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM MST FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY... AT 112 PM MST...GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CARR AND MILLER CANYON AREAS. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER ROADWAYS IN CARR AND MILLER CANYON AREAS AS RUNOFF CONTINUES THROUGH 145 PM MST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3152 11012 3143 11010 3136 11029 3147 11032 $$ KD
154 WGUS75 KTWC 072043 FFSTWC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 143 PM MST THU JUL 7 2016 AZC003-072049- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160707T2045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COCHISE- 143 PM MST THU JUL 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COCHISE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM MST... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN CARR AND MILLER CANYONS AND THE BULK OF THE RUNOFF HAS ENDED IN THOSE AREAS...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 PM MST. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM FOR MUCH OF THE SIERRA VISTA AREA AS STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE CITY COULD STILL CAUSE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IN ADDITION...A SEPARATE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WHETSTONE AND HUACHUCA CITY CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM MST. DO NOT CROSS WATER FLOWING RAPIDLY ACROSS A ROADWAY! LAT...LON 3152 11012 3143 11010 3136 11029 3147 11032 $$ KD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:20 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 115 min |
| 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, 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.