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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 15, 2021Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2021, 8:32 AM MST for Pima 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: Jul 15, 2021, 8:32 AM MST (15:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2021, 11:30 AM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 1024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

933 
WGUS55 KTWC 151532
FFWTWC
AZC019-151830-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0029.210715T1532Z-210715T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
832 AM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  South Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 1130 AM MST.

* At 832 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible 
  in 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...
  Sells, Topawa, San Miguel, Ali Chukson, Gu Oidak, Vamori, Cowlic, 
  Fresnal, Choulic, Newfield, Coldfields, Fresnal Canyon, Artesia, 
  South Komelik, Ali Molina, Hashan Chuchg and Itak.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. 
Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a 
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

&&

LAT...LON 3196 11203 3193 11171 3199 11147 3149 11156
      3167 11212

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

$$

AH

2 follow-up statements

913 
WGUS75 KTWC 151639
FFSTWC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
939 AM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

AZC019-151830-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210715T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pima AZ-
939 AM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM MST THIS 
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY...

At 939 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have 
fallen with isolated areas between 2 and 3 inches. 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...
  Sells, Topawa, San Miguel, Ali Chukson, Gu Oidak, Vamori, Cowlic, 
  Fresnal, Choulic, Newfield, Coldfields, Fresnal Canyon, Artesia, 
  South Komelik, Ali Molina, Hashan Chuchg and Itak.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain. 
Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a 
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.

&&

LAT...LON 3196 11203 3193 11171 3199 11147 3149 11156
      3167 11212

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

$$

AH

808 
WGUS75 KTWC 151826
FFSTWC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
1126 AM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

AZC019-151836-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210715T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pima AZ-
1126 AM MST Thu Jul 15 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR 
SOUTH CENTRAL PIMA 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 Thursday for 
a portion of Southeast Arizona.

LAT...LON 3196 11203 3193 11171 3199 11147 3149 11156
      3167 11212

$$

AH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 5:33 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		27 min
Jul 14, 5:41 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		49 min
Jul 15, 6:07 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	113 min
Jul 15, 6:33 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:12 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Jul 15, 8:40 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	114 min
Jul 15, 1:51 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham	3 hr
Jul 15, 1:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Greenlee	35 min
Jul 15, 2:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Graham	41 min
Jul 15, 2:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	119 min
Jul 15, 2:52 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	38 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	45 min
Jul 15, 3:30 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	3 hr
Jul 15, 3:57 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham	33 min
Jul 15, 4:29 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Graham	2 hr
Jul 15, 4:42 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	33 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.