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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2021, 3:11 PM 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
- Jul 16, 2021, 3:11 PM MST (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 6:15 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), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
058
WGUS55 KTWC 162211
FFWTWC
AZC003-170115-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0039.210716T2211Z-210717T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
311 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 615 PM MST.
* At 311 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
roadways, and low water crossings.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Chiricahua National Monument.
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.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
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 3215 10940 3198 10936 3199 10919 3211 10907
3218 10909 3224 10918
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
CC2 follow-up statements
034
WGUS75 KTWC 170006
FFSTWC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
506 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
AZC003-170115-
/O.CON.KTWC.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210717T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cochise AZ-
506 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY...
At 506 PM MST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1
and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Chiricahua National Monument.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Washes, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3215 10940 3198 10936 3199 10919 3211 10907
3218 10909 3224 10918
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
AH619
WGUS75 KTWC 170113
FFSTWC
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
613 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
AZC003-170123-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210717T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cochise AZ-
613 PM MST Fri Jul 16 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL COCHISE 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 for a
portion of Southeast Arizona.
LAT...LON 3215 10940 3198 10936 3199 10919 3211 10907
3218 10909 3224 10918
$$
RHThe 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, 3:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Pima | 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.