3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 27, 2:35 AM MST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 235 AM MST THU JUL 27 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE AROUND THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHEAST...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...STRONG OUTFLOW FROM A COMPLEX ACROSS NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY AS WELL AS A DEVELOPING COMPLEX THROUGH SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COCHISE COUNTY CONTINUES TO GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS WILL PERSIST SEVERAL HOURS FOLLOWED BY A DOWN PERIOD WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN WORKED OVER. SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO THE WEEKEND FOR PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 256 AM MST WED JUL 26 2006 AZZ019-029>035-271000- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION- TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 256 AM MST WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WITH FAVORABLE THUNDERSTORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXPECT SOME STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AREAS AND RATES WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HIGH LEVELS OF MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY AND THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP TO BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS GENERATE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. AFTER SATURDAY...MOISTURE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOMEWHAT...BUT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:45 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded in the City of Douglas. Lots of ponding of water on streets and street flooding due to heavy rainfall.
Many roads were flooded and closed throughout the Tucson Metro Area. Several roads that cross the Canada Del Oro Wash were closed as well as Mission Road between San Xavier Road and Campus Drive.
Highway 70 was flooded 2 miles west of the Town of Pima.
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
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5522681, 5522682, 5522683.