1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 2:12 PM MST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 212 PM MST TUE AUG 8 2006 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BUILD WESTWARD...WITH AN EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW RETURNING TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. EXPECT A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...UPPER AIR CHARTS THIS MORNING SHOWED UPPER HIGH OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. FURTHER WEST THE FLOW IS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WITH UPPER LOW IN SOUTHWEST OREGON. CLOSER LOOK AT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED THAT THERE IS A VERY WEAK DISTURBANCE APPROACHING EL PASO MOVING WEST AROUND 15 MPH. 12Z TUCSON SOUNDING SHOWED BETTER FLOW THAN YESTERDAY WITH EL PASO A SMIDGE STRONGER. GOES PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY THIS MORNING/EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES IN THE LOWER DESERTS WHILE A WEDGE OF DRIER WITH VALUES DOWN NEAR AN INCH IN FAR SE AZ/SW NM. HOWEVER THIS WEDGE HAS BEEN DECREASING AS HIGH VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH AFOREMENTIONED DISTURBANCE CLOSING IN ON EL PASO. SO FAR THIS HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT AS WHAT WAS SAID IN THE MORNING DISCUSSION. THE FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL BE WEST OF TUCSON WHERE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE ISSUE. THE DRIER AIR EAST OF TUCSON HAS INHIBITED DEEPER CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PUT TUCSON RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY COULD HAPPEN OR IT IS A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD. THE DISTURBANCE NEAR EL PASO WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND MAY HAVE ENOUGH LIFT TO KEEP ISOLATED ACTIVITY GOING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WARM. NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS WITH UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MEAN UPPER TROF OVER THE PACIFIC NW. THUS EXPECT THE WEATHER TO REMAIN RELATIVELY ACTIVE WITH DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY OF THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND SEASONAL NORMALS. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread street flooding occurred in the Town of Patagonia and also in the Town of Rio Rico due to heavy rainfall.
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