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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2021, 3:03 PM MST for Cochise County, Graham County, 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 16, 2021, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Pima County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1714 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
952
WGUS55 KTWC 162203
FFWTWC
AZC003-009-019-170100-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0038.210716T2203Z-210717T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
303 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
Southwestern Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
Eastern Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 600 PM MST.
* At 303 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen with isolated amounts of 3 inches in the last hour.
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...
Redington.
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 3235 11064 3250 11047 3243 11026 3222 11051
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
AH2 follow-up statements
271
WGUS75 KTWC 162346
FFSTWC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
446 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
AZC003-009-019-170100-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210717T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cochise AZ-Graham AZ-Pima AZ-
446 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN COCHISE, SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND EASTERN PIMA
COUNTIES...
At 446 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen with isolated spots as high as 4 inches. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Redington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3235 11064 3250 11047 3243 11026 3222 11051
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
AH991 WGUS75 KTWC 170058 FFSTWC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Tucson AZ 558 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021 AZC003-009-019-170108- /O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210717T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Cochise AZ-Graham AZ-Pima AZ- 558 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN COCHISE, SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND EASTERN PIMA COUNTIES... 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 for a portion of Southeast Arizona. LAT...LON 3235 11064 3250 11047 3243 11026 3222 11051 $$ RH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 5:24 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 6:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 10:21 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 10:53 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Pima, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:25 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Santa Cruz | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:31 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 119 min |
| Jul 16, 12:07 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 34 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Cochise | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 12:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | TWC | Cochise | 114 min |
| Jul 16, 12:57 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:30 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Greenlee | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 1:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Santa Cruz | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:51 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:57 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Graham, Greenlee | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 2:24 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:36 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:38 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:44 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 2:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:11 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 32 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Graham | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 3:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:53 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 37 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.