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 Sep 2, 2:10 PM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 210 PM MST SAT SEP 2 2006 .SYNOPSIS...ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN MEXICO WILL PROVIDE AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. LINGERING MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA DURING MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .DISCUSSION...KEMX WSR-88D DETECTED ISOLATED 30-50 DBZ ECHOES ACROSS SE AZ VALID 2105Z. ANY CELLS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ARE EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT A SLIGHT WWD DRIFT. ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS...GIVEN THE FAIRLY DRY NEAR-SURFACE REGIME REFLECTED VIA DEWPOINTS THAT HAVE FALLEN GENERALLY INTO THE 50S. POTENTIAL FOR MCS EITHER ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF THIS FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN SEEMS SOMEWHAT HIGH AT THIS TIME DUE TO INFLUENCE FROM DECAYING TROPICAL STORM JOHN. FAIRLY ACTIVE DAY MAY OCCUR SUNDAY WITH GFS/NGM MORE ROBUST VERSUS NAM IN VARIOUS MOISTURE FIELDS. PER COORD WITH WFO/S PSR/FGZ BELIEVE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO INHERITED FORECASTS. MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM JOHN EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MOIST REGIME DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AT LEAST. GIVEN TROPICAL NATURE OF AIRMASS...MAY VERY WELL BE THAT BULK OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING AND/OR OVERNIGHT HOURS VERSUS LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON PERIODS. NOT QUITE AS WARM SUN DUE TO INCREASED MOISTURE/PRECIP CHANCES...WITH DAYTIME MAX TEMPS DURING MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD TO REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS FOR EARLY SEP. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AT KTUS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && BF WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 654 AM MST SAT SEP 2 2006 AZZ019-029>035-031400- 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- 654 AM MST SAT SEP 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM NORTHERN MEXICO AS HURRICANCE JOHN CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH UP GULF OF CALIFORNIA. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG HEATING THIS AFTERNOON...LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVING STORMS. ANY STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO TAP INTO MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF HURRICANE JOHN SUNDAY AND LABOR DAY. MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE FLASH FLOODING. .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 00:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law Enforcement reported that two cars were stuck in a wash crossing just north of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument due to fast moving flood waters.
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