1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 14, 1:30 PM MST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 130 PM MST MON AUG 14 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FOR CONTINUED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER MOIST AND UNSTABLE MORNING SOUNDING. SOLID LOW LEVEL SHEAR WITH STEERING LEVEL STILL WEAK...BUT INCREASING A LITTLE FROM THE NORTHEAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ONCE AGAIN THE CONCERN TODAY...WITH ISOLATED WET MICROBURST ACTIVITY POSSIBLE. HEAVY SCATTERED CONVECTION ALREADY IN EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LARGER SCALE EASTERLY IMPULSE LIFTING THROUGH WELL EAST NEAR TEXAS...BUT A WEAKER IMPULSE NEAR SOUTHERN CHIHUAHUA MAY ROTATE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT CONVECTION THAN USUAL TONIGHT. TROUGH DEVELOPING ALONG WEST COAST WITH INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OUT WEST...BUT FOR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA PROBABLY KEEPING ENOUGH OF SOUTHERLY AND EASTERLY COMPONENTS TO OUR FLOW AT LOWER TO MID LEVELS TO KEEP DEEP MOISTURE IN OR AT LEAST VERY CLOSE. EXPECT PERIODIC ENHANCEMENT OF CONVECTION FROM SMALLER SCALE FEATURES AND A GENERALLY SEASONAL THUNDERSTORM FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
626 PM MST MON AUG 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM FLASH FLOOD CACTUS FOREST 32.99N 111.32W
08/14/2006 PINAL AZ LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROADWAY
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JGLUECKThe Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The intersection of Snyder Road and Catalina Highway was flooded and impassable. A vehicle became stuck on the intersection and a swift water rescue was performed to rescue the occupants of the vehicle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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