Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Aug 28, 1986, 8:50 PM MST (03:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 1986, 3:00 AM MST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Maricopa County, AZ

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING BULLETIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1145 PM MST THU AUG 28 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PHOENIX HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 300 AM MST FRIDAY FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

CENTRAL ARIZONA..MARICOPA

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY
AND INCLUDES THE GREATER PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA.

ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES SOME WEAKENING OF THE STRONGEST STORMS.. THE
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO POUND THE SAME AREAS OF MARICOPA COUNTY.. AND
ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF SPREADING FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. HEAVY RAINS
REACHED THE AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM.. AND AN AUTOMATIC GAGE NEAR
APACHE JUNCTION STARTED TO PICK UP HEAVY RAIN AT THE SAME TIME.

OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF PHOENIX.. ESPECIALLY ALONG BELL ROAD.. THE
RAINS PROBABLY HAVE EXCEEDED 5 OR 6 INCHES AND ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
VERY DANGEROUS STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.. UP TO 2 FEET OF
WATER RUNNING IN THE STREETS. MANY OUTLYING ROADS ARE CLOSED. FLOOD
WATERS FROM THE DESERT ALONG CAVE CREEK HAD BEEN REPORTED SPILLING
OVER THE SOUTH BANK OF THE ARIZONA CANAL AT ONE POINT.

ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IN THE
METRO AREA TONIGHT.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION COMES IN.

TENHARKEL

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
310 PM MST THU AUG 28 1986

AT 300 PM MST RADAR AND SATELLITE PHOTOS SHOWED TWO MAIN AREAS OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER ARIZONA.  ONE AREA IS IN A LINE
FROM THE GRAND CANYON SOUTHWEST TO THE COLORADO RIVER JUST NORTH
OF YUMA.  THESE STORMS..SOME HEAVY..ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA NORTHWEST
OF PRESCOTT..ARE MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST.

THE SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
GENERALLY IN A LINE FROM THE HAYDEN/WINKLEMAN AREA SOUTHWESTWARD INTO
PIMA COUNTY JUST WEST OF TUCSON.  THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING TO THE
WEST NORTHWEST.

SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF PHOENIX IN THE
VICINITY OF LAKE PLEASANT..AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY IN THE
FLORENCE AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE PHOENIX METROPOLITIN AREA
FROM THE SOUTHEAST LATER THIS EVENING.
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ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.  THEY MAY
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..BLOWING DUST..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..HAIL..
OR HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  YOU
SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRENT.

HOADLEY 8/28 1510

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
815 PM MST THU AUG 28 1986

TIME/DATE        LOCATION           EVENT

1900-1915 MST   SCOTTSDALE          POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWN
AUGUST 28 1986  NEAR BORDER WITH    ..ALSO ONE SHED BLOWN OVER AND A
                TEMPE               DUMPSTER BLOWN INTO THE STREET.
                                    HEAVY RAIN AND CONSIDERABLE STREET
                                    FLOODING SOUZTH SIDE OF SCOTTSDALE.

TENHARKEL WSFO PHX 08/29/86 0310Z

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.