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 Jul 30, 2:30 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 230 AM MST SUN JUL 30 2006 .SYNOPSIS...THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AIR MASS AND A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MORE RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS UPPER LOW WILL EVENTUALLY TRACK EAST OF THE REGION LATE MONDAY. UNTIL THEN HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN. BY WEDNESDAY THE AIR MASS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT FOR A RETURN TO NORMAL AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORM FORECAST. && .DISCUSSION...AFTER FOUR DAYS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS...IT IS PRETTY SOGGY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...WITH A FIFTH MORNING OF ACTIVITY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AS STORM UP NORTH MOVE TO THE SOUTH. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE POTENTIAL OF DROPPING AN INCH PRETTY QUICK. WITH THAT SAID AND CURRENT HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THROUGH THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT FLOW CONTINUES DOWN THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER IN PINAL COUNTY...AND COMBINED WITH TODAY RAINFALL AND THE FACT THAT PARTS OF ELOY WAS FLOODED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WILL KEEP FLOOD WARNING UP ON THE SANTA CRUZ THROUGH NOON. THE MAIN CULPRIT DRIVING THIS ACTIVITY SINCE FRIDAY IS THE CUT-OFF UPPER LOW...THAT IS CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER ALBUQUERQUE. THIS FEATURE WILL BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER 24 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE GETTING KICKED NORTHEAST AS PACIFIC NW TROF MOVES INLAND. SO AFTER ANOTHER ACTIVE MORNING...CONDITIONS SHOULD QUIET DOWN THIS AFTERNOON...THEN PICK UP AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE 10 TO 13 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...EXCEPT OUT IN WESTERN PIMA COUNTY WHERE THEY WILL ONLY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL ENTER THE PICTURE TUESDAY AND BE AROUND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS FLOW WILL SLOWLY DECREASE MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AND BRING UP BACK INTO A NORMAL AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORM FORECAST WITH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING CLOSER TO NORMAL VALUES FOR EARLY AUGUST. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH PUBLIC ZONES AZZ019-029>035 UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. FLOOD WARNING PUBLIC ZONE AZZ029 UNTIL 12 NOON MST SUNDAY. && WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 755 PM MST SAT JUL 29 2006 AZZ019-030>035-301400- NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY- WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION- TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 755 PM MST SAT JUL 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MST SUNDAY EVENING... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A VERY MOIST AIR MASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MORE RAINFALL TONIGHT. RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS AND FLOWING WASHES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AIR MASS AND NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MORE RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS UPPER LOW WILL EVENTUALLY TRACK EAST OF THE REGION...BUT UNTIL THEN FLASH FLOOD AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH MONDAY. A MORE TYPICAL THUNDERSTORM PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ029-301400- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- 755 PM MST SAT JUL 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM NOON MST SUNDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MST SUNDAY EVENING... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT AND THE PAST FEW DAYS HAD RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT FLOWS ON THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. PERSONS IN ELOY AND CHUICHU SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS ON THE SANTA CRUZ CLOSELY. A VERY MOIST AIR MASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LOW OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MORE RAINFALL TONIGHT. RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS AND FLOWING WASHES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE COMBINATION OF A VERY MOIST AIR MASS AND NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MORE RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS UPPER LOW WILL EVENTUALLY TRACK EAST OF THE REGION...BUT UNTIL THEN FLASH FLOOD AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH MONDAY. A MORE TYPICAL THUNDERSTORM PATTERN CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:47 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Houghton Road was closed due to flooding, south of Interstate 10.
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