Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding east of Sierra Vista in Cochise County causing 1 fatality.
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Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding east of Sierra Vista in Cochise County causing 1 fatality.
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 6, 4:15 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 415 PM MST THU SEP 6 2007 .SYNOPSIS....MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFTOVERS OF HENRIETTE WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA THROUGH EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND AS A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO OUR FLOW PUSHES MOISTURE OFF A BIT AND FOCUSES IT MORE EASTWARD. && .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR OUTFLOW FROM THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM HENRIETTE HAVE BECOME SPLINTERED INTO SEVERAL PIECES DUE TO INTERACTION WITH THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MEXICO AND INFLUENCE OF UPPER TROUGH. MUCH OF ITS REMAINING INFLUENCE HAS TRACKED EAST OF THE AREA. UPPER TROUGH IS LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE ROCKIES FROM MONTANA TO COLORADO. WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING HAS DEVELOPED BEHIND THE TROUGH FROM ARIZONA TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. STRONG UPPER HIGH CENTER IS LOCATED OVER SOUTH TEXAS. SOUTHEAST FLOW BETWEEN TEXAS HIGH AND ROCKIES TROUGH WILL QUICKLY MOVE HENRIETTE REMNANTS NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY. SOUTH TEXAS UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD WEST TOWARDS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. THIS WILL KEEP SOUTHEAST ARIZONA IN A SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE FRINGES OF RESIDUAL TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING NORTH FROM MEXICO. MAIN BODY OF HENRIETTE TROPICAL MOISTURE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SHUNTED EAST OVER NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING WITH UP TO AN INCH IN A FEW SPOTS. HEAVY PRECIP NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...THUS THAT WAS CANCELLED. RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTIVE COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED TSRA/SHRA WILL OCCUR ACROSS SE AZ TODAY. CEILINGS WILL BE AS LOW AS 1-3KFT AGL AND VSBYS AS LOW AS 3-5SM. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...WITH ANY LINGERING SHOWERS GENERALLY EAST OF A KSAD-KDUG LINE AFTER 07/06Z. SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON/ EVENING TSRA/SHRA FRIDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AND TWEB AMENDMENTS. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 420 AM MST THU SEP 6 2007 AZZ034-035-070000- SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY- 420 AM MST THU SEP 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH DECAYING TROPICAL SYSTEM HENRIETTE WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTIES TODAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 0.50 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS WOULD CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOW IN SOME OF THE LARGER WASHES AND RIVERS. RAINFALL CHANCES WILL DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY THIS WEEKEND...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FOR COCHISE COUNTY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flooding along an unnamed wash on High Knoll Road near No Name Road east of Sierra Vista caused a 37 year old woman to be fatally swept downstream in her vehicle.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Cochise | 2007-09-06 | 37 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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