Weather Alert in Arizona
Flash Flood Warning issued August 25 at 2:09PM MST until August 25 at 5:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
AREAS AFFECTED: Santa Cruz, AZ
DESCRIPTION: FFWTWC The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South Central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 515 PM MST. * At 209 PM MST, gauge reports indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in Nogales. Between 0.8 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is expected within the next 3 hours. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Gauges reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Nogales. This includes the following highways... Interstate 19 between mile markers 1 and 7. Route 82 between mile markers 1 and 5. This includes the following Flash Flood Prone Locations... Nogales Wash at Doe St Bridge.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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