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 Jul 13, 1:30 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 130 PM MST THU JUL 13 2006 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PROVIDE HOT TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TOMORROW. THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED MAINLY MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE HIGH MOVES NORTH. && .DISCUSSION...12Z KTUS SOUNDING SHOWED PRECIPITABLE WATER UP TO 1.5 INCHES AND MORNING SURFACE DEWPTS RUNNING IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60. THIS HAS HELD BETTER THAN EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH MOST LOCATIONS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INHIBITION TO CONVECTION HAS BEEN RELATIVELY WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...BUT THIS IS CHANGING OVER THE NEXT 48 HRS AS THE HIGH MOVES OFF AND MID LEVELS COOL A COUPLE OF DEGREES. WE HAVE SEEN EXPECTED MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH STRUGGLES TO GET OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...BUT THAT COULD CHANGE WITH VIGOROUS OUTFLOWS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVERALL STILL EXPECTING A MORE PERSISTENT MOISTURE INCREASE AS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE AND WE SEE SOME MID LEVEL COOLING WITH THE HIGH CENTER RECONSOLIDATING TO OUR NORTH OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS. THIS COULD FURTHER BE ENHANCED BY A NICE EASTERLY WAVE LINING UP TO COME ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK. AN INCREASING CONVECTIVE TREND OVER THE NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS...BACK TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS OR EVEN A LITTLE BETTER TO START THE NEW WEEK. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported 1.50 inches of rainfall in one hour. This heavy rainfall caused property flooding in the community of Whetstone, with several washes out of their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2006
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