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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 14, 2021

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 1:58 AM MST. It was in force for 62 min. 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 14, 2021, 1:58 AM MST (08:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2021, 3:00 AM MST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 13, 2:03 PM MST, 11 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:03 PM MST, 11 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 9:47 PM MST, 4 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
947 PM MST FRI AUG 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0528 PM     FLASH FLOOD      14 S SAFFORD            32.63N 109.69W
08/13/2021                   GRAHAM             AZ   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            US HIGHWAY 191 NEAR MILE POST 100 HAS
            FLOODED. REPORT FOUND ON AZ 511.

0223 PM     FLASH FLOOD      13 W BISBEE             31.38N 110.14W
08/13/2021                   COCHISE            AZ   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FLOODING ON 92 EASTBOUND NEAR GUIDANCE WAY
            (MILE POST 339). CAUSED A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

0714 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BENSON                  31.96N 110.31W
08/13/2021                   COCHISE            AZ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING ISSUES IN THE CITY OF BENSON FROM
            BENSON POLICE. THE BENSON COMMUNITY CENTER
            WAS IMPACTED AND LOCAL POLICE ARE
            REDIRECTING TRAFFIC AND CLOSING SECTIONS OF
            ROADS. A HOUSE WAS FLOODED OUT, DETAILS ON
            THE SPECIFICS ARE UNKNOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:10 PM MST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:11 PM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1011 PM MST FRI AUG 13 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0942 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E SAINT DAVID         31.90N 110.21W
08/13/2021                   COCHISE            AZ   PUBLIC

            FLOODING ON ROADWAY ON SR-80 NORTHBOUND NEAR
            E BARLOW LN (301).

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JRM

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:58 AM MST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 5:06 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	39 min
Aug 13, 5:07 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Graham, Greenlee	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:11 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:48 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	42 min
Aug 13, 6:05 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	40 min
Aug 13, 6:08 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		37 min
Aug 13, 6:12 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		48 min
Aug 13, 6:26 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise, Graham	3 hr
Aug 13, 6:30 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 13, 6:35 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	115 min
Aug 13, 6:40 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz	50 min
Aug 13, 7:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	41 min
Aug 13, 7:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	38 min
Aug 13, 7:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	65 min
Aug 13, 11:49 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	56 min
Aug 14, 12:54 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 14, 1:02 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pinal	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:11 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	4 hr
Aug 14, 5:06 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:35 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 14, 1:53 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pinal	112 min
Aug 14, 2:19 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pinal	116 min
Aug 14, 2:53 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Santa Cruz	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:19 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:23 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	2 hr
Aug 14, 3:25 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:28 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pinal	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	49 min
Aug 14, 4:01 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:05 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Pima	115 min
Aug 14, 4:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:36 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	114 min
Aug 14, 4:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.