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 5, 2:00 PM MST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 200 PM MST TUE SEP 5 2006 .SYNOPSIS...ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...LOTS OF DEBRIS CLOUD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AFTER SOME MORNING SHOWERS. CLEARING TO THE WEST ALLOWED NICE SOLAR INSOLATION AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH PLUME ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FROM THE REMAINS OF JOHN. PRECIPITABLE WATER CAME IN AT 1.42 INCHES ON THE 12Z KTUS SOUNDING BUT HIGHER VALUES SOUTH AND EAST ON GOES SOUNDER ESTIMATES. WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO FILL OVER THE NEXT 24 HRS WITH WEST COAST RIDGE BECOMING THE MORE DOMINANT FEATURE. THIS COULD LEAD TO A LITTLE DRYING BUT THAT IS RELATIVE...SHOULD STILL HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOST OF THE WEEK. THERE IS A PATCH OF DRIER AIR THAT COULD WRAP IN FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A STRONG IMPULSE COULD HELP FOCUS REMNANT AND LINGERING MOISTURE FRIDAY FOR AN UPSWING IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH THE DEEPEST MOISTURE OUT BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND. && .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 03:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trained spotters in the City of Sierra Vista reported widespread street flooding due to heavy rainfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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