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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Tucson, AZ

September 18, 20186 counties in Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Sep 18, 2018, 11:06 AM MST for 6 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Sep 19, 2018, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2018, 11:06 AM MST (18:06 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 19, 2018, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: Sep 19, 2018, 11:00 PM MST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Flood severity: None

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Sep 18, 10:15 AM MST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 10:15 AM MST, 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 4:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Santa Cruz	117 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Arizona, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.