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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 23, 2022Greenlee County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this river flood advisory at Aug 23, 2022, 6:26 AM MST for Greenlee County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2022, 6:26 AM MST (13:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2022, 7:42 PM MST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Greenlee County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Gila River at Duncan (DUUA3). The gauge peaked at 23.04 ft at Aug 22, 2022, 6:00 AM MST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09439000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at Aug 23, 2:18 AM MST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 2:18 AM MST, 4 hours 8 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 22, 5:29 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham	2 hr
Aug 22, 5:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		45 min
Aug 22, 5:42 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise, Pima	48 min
Aug 22, 5:47 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Pima	118 min
Aug 22, 6:03 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Cochise, Pima	117 min
Aug 22, 6:44 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Pima	3 hr
Aug 22, 7:34 PM MST	River Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham	5 days
Aug 23, 3:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	44 min
Aug 23, 4:12 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Graham, Pinal	48 min
Aug 23, 4:41 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Graham, Pinal	2 hr
Aug 23, 4:55 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TWC	Graham	110 min

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.