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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 22, 2021Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2021, 8:06 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2021, 8:06 PM MST (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2021, 12:15 AM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 9:07 PM MSTFLASH FLOOD4 N Arizona City, AZ***DELAYED REPORT*** FLASH FLOODING REPORTED NEAR TRUCK STOP AT SUNLAND GIN RD. AND I-10. WATER WAS A COUPLE FEET DEEP IN SPOTS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1155 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2021-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WGUS55 KPSR 230306
FFWPSR
AZC021-230715-
/O.NEW.KPSR.FF.W.0058.210723T0306Z-210723T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
806 PM MST Thu Jul 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Pinal County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 1215 AM MST.

* At 806 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Casa Grande, Arizona City, Arizola and Toltec.

This includes the following highways...
	AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 194 and 203.
	AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 170 and 178.
	AZ Route 287 between mile markers 111 and 118.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 11182 3280 11183 3290 11179 3290 11167
      3286 11161 3282 11155 3281 11156 3277 11160
      3276 11161 3274 11167 3273 11174 3276 11174
      3276 11178 3279 11177

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

AD
1 follow-up statement
820 
WGUS75 KPSR 230713
FFSPSR

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
1213 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021

AZC021-230723-
/O.EXP.KPSR.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210723T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pinal AZ-
1213 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING 
FOR PINAL COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MST Saturday for 
a portion of south central Arizona.

LAT...LON 3279 11182 3280 11183 3290 11179 3290 11167
      3286 11161 3282 11155 3281 11156 3277 11160
      3276 11161 3274 11167 3273 11174 3276 11174
      3276 11178 3279 11177

$$

AD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 5:42 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR48 min
Jul 22, 6:11 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa39 min
Jul 22, 6:31 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR59 min
Jul 22, 6:50 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa6 hr
Jul 22, 7:19 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 22, 7:29 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR61 min
Jul 22, 7:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal35 min
Jul 22, 7:46 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa5 hr
Jul 22, 7:48 PM MSTDust Storm AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal27 min
Jul 22, 7:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal37 min
Jul 22, 7:55 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal5 hr
Jul 22, 8:05 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa25 min
Jul 22, 8:15 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 22, 8:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa26 min
Jul 22, 8:29 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal61 min
Jul 22, 8:39 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa51 min
Jul 22, 8:52 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 22, 8:56 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 22, 9:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa47 min
Jul 22, 9:40 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 22, 9:45 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 22, 9:49 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 22, 9:54 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa4 hr
Jul 22, 10:07 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal4 hr
Jul 22, 10:16 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRPinal3 hr
Jul 22, 10:57 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa113 min
Jul 22, 11:15 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 22, 11:29 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 22, 11:43 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Jul 23, 4:37 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa3 hr
Jul 23, 8:37 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRGila4 days
Jul 23, 9:07 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR38 min
Jul 23, 9:30 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR30 min
Jul 23, 9:55 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa6 hr
Jul 23, 9:58 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR32 min
Jul 23, 10:31 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Jul 23, 10:53 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 23, 11:11 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR34 min
Jul 23, 11:46 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Jul 23, 12:02 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR28 min
Jul 23, 12:09 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa6 hr
Jul 23, 12:30 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR30 min
Jul 23, 12:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR37 min
Jul 23, 1:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR29 min
Jul 23, 1:11 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa5 hr
Jul 23, 1:34 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR26 min
Jul 23, 2:25 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Jul 23, 3:20 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa9 hr
Jul 23, 4:00 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa8 hr
Jul 23, 4:02 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa8 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.