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Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 10, 2021Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2021, 11:41 AM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 10, 2021, 11:41 AM MST (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 2:15 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

008 
WGUS55 KTWC 101841
FFWTWC
AZC003-102115-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0103.210810T1841Z-210810T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
1141 AM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 215 PM MST.

* At 1141 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have 
  fallen. 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...
  mainly rural areas of North Central Cochise County

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3207 10960 3212 10968 3220 10961 3229 10956
      3229 10952 3225 10938 3211 10944

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

$$

AH

1 follow-up statement

893 
WGUS75 KTWC 102108
FFSTWC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
208 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

AZC003-102118-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210810T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cochise AZ-
208 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
NORTH CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3207 10960 3212 10968 3220 10961 3229 10956
      3229 10952 3225 10938 3211 10944

$$

AH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 4:04 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:44 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		46 min
Aug 10, 5:12 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 10, 5:39 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	111 min
Aug 10, 6:26 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima, Pinal	5 hr
Aug 10, 6:49 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham	116 min
Aug 10, 6:55 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Pima, Pinal	4 hr
Aug 10, 8:27 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	3 hr
Aug 10, 8:32 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Greenlee	3 hr
Aug 10, 9:11 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	3 hr
Aug 10, 10:51 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	18 hr
Aug 10, 11:00 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Pima, Pinal	2 hr
Aug 10, 11:09 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham	111 min
Aug 10, 12:52 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	38 min
Aug 10, 12:55 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	50 min
Aug 10, 1:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	52 min
Aug 10, 1:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 10, 1:46 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	119 min
Aug 10, 1:58 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 10, 2:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		45 min
Aug 10, 2:08 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	2 hr
Aug 10, 2:39 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 10, 3:41 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	34 min
Aug 10, 4:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	52 min
Aug 10, 4:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	36 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.