Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
400 PM MST MON SEP 8 1986

RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. MOVEMENT OF THESE
STORMS IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

AS OF 4 PM THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES
NORTH OF GILA BEND...ON THE GILA RIVER 10 MILES NORTH OF SENTINEL
...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHIKENBURG. THE HEAVIEST CELL WAS LOCATED
NEAR WHIKENBURG AND NEAR PALO VERDE WITH TOPS NEAR 50,000 FEET.

THESE SHOWERS ARE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAIN
WITH LOCAL FLOODING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH
THIS EVENING AND WILL PROBABLY MOVE INTO THE PHOENIX AREA..CENTRAL
BASINS AND MOGOLLON RIM.

PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL BROADCASTS OR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST STATEMEMTS ON THESE STORMS AND FOR POSSIBtLE WARNINGS.

HOFFMANN 08/2300Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
540 PM MST MON SEP 8 1986

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA. AT 530 PM RADAR
INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM
GILA BEND NORTHWARD TO PRESCOTT THEN NORTHEAST TO JUST WEST OF
FLAGSTAFF. SOME OF THESE THUNDRSTORM CELLS WERE STILL HEAVY BUT
HAVE WEAKENED SOME IN THE PAST HOUR.

RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF LUKE FIELD MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH END OF
THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS I-17 NORTH OF
PHOENIX IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL HEAVY
ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS..HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON I-17 NORTH OF
PHOENIX SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL BROADCASTS OR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET AND MOST OF
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT.

HOFFMANN 09/0040Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
750 PM MST MON SEP 8 1986

AT 740 PM RADAR DETECTED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUARTZSITE
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. REPORTS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-10 NEAR QUARTZSITE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM DPS.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON I-10 SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THE VACINITY OF
QUARTZSITE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL ARIZONA AND ARE STILL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS
...HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCAL FLOODING AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE IN A LINE FROM QUARTZSITE
TO PRESCOTT. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN WESTZ CENTRAL ARIZONA SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

HOFFMANN 09/0250