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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2017, 3:17 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 118 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 17, 2017, 3:17 PM MST (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2017, 5:15 PM MST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
314 WGUS55 KTWC 172217 FFWTWC AZC019-180015- /O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0013.170717T2217Z-170718T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Tucson AZ 317 PM MST MON JUL 17 2017 The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 515 PM MST * At 315 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain near and east of Pisinimo, or about 10 to 15 miles west and northwest of Sells. Storms were nearly stationary. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Santa Cruz, Pisinimo, and Kupk. This includes the following streams and drainages...San Simon Wash... Murk Kui Wash...Sells Wash...Sikul Himatk Wash...Vamori Wash...San Luis Wash...Hali Murk Wash...Gu Oidak Wash...Pisinimo Wash and Gu Vo Wash. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of washes and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying spots. && LAT...LON 3210 11212 3189 11209 3196 11242 3216 11243 $$ Meyer
1 follow-up statement
092 WGUS75 KTWC 180006 FFSTWC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 506 PM MST MON JUL 17 2017 AZC019-180015- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170718T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Pima- 506 PM MST MON JUL 17 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MST... The heavy rain has ended near Pisinimo. Heavy flow will continue in normally dry streambeds and washes, along with some road flooding into the evening hours. Please continue to heed any road closures. LAT...LON 3210 11212 3189 11209 3196 11242 3216 11243 $$ Meyer
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 6:31 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 6:36 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 39 min | |
| Jul 16, 6:39 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 21 min | |
| Jul 16, 6:42 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 6:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 7:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 65 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:27 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 33 min | |
| Jul 16, 8:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 8:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 10:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:35 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:41 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:47 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 118 min |
| Jul 17, 1:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 59 min | |
| Jul 17, 1:04 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 117 min |
| Jul 17, 2:07 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 113 min |
| Jul 17, 2:12 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pinal | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 2:16 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 119 min |
| Jul 17, 3:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 3:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 23 min |
| Jul 17, 4:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Pinal | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:01 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 119 min |
| Jul 17, 4:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Pinal | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 4:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 51 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.