Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
245 PM MST FRI AUG 8 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM EAST OF PRESCOTT..

RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DEWEY 15 MILES EAST OF PRESCOTT. AN AUTOMATIC RAIN GAUGE 5 MILES EAST
OF DEWEY HAS RECORDED NEARLY .30 OF AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST HOUR AND
LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN SMALL TRIBUTARIES RUNNING INTO THE
AGUA FRIA RIVER. PERSONS IN THAT AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION.

A LARGE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP TOWARD
THE PHOENIX AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND PERSONS SHOULD BE
ALERT TO HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.

HOFFMANN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
430 PM MST FRI AUG 8 1986

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TOWARD DESERTS...

RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES AT 4 PM SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE MOUNTAINS NORTHWEST OF
PRESCOTT.. SOUTHEASTWARD TO GRAHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. THE
INDIVIDUAL STORM CELLS WERE MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF DUE WEST AT
ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH.

AROUND 430 PM.. SOME OF THE STRONGER CELLS WERE.. NEAR IRON SPRINGS
WEST OF PRESCOTT.. OVER THE RIM NEAR STRAWBERRY.. IN THE TONTO BASIN
NEAR JAKES CORNER.. OVER THE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF GLOBE AND EAST OF
LAKE ROOSEVELT.. AND OVER THE WEST END OF MOUNT GRAHAM. ALL OF THESE
STORMS CONTAINED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND PROBABLY SOME STRONG
WINDS AS WELL. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS ON THE SALT.. VERDE LAKES SHOULD
HEAD FOR SHORE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT.. THE LINE OBF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
REACH THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN EDGES OF THE PHOENIX METRO AREA
SOMETIME BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. EXPECT SOME GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING
DUST.. FOLLOWED BY A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

TENHARKEL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 PM MST FRI AUG 8 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PAYSON AND OVER THE SALT RIVER LAKES...

AT 6 PM .. PHOENIX RADAR SPOTTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PAYSON.. AND ANOTHER NEAR CANYON LAKE.. NORTH
OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS.

AN OBSERVER AT PAYSON REPORTED INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AT
6 PM. EARLIER.. SOME SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT STRAWBERRY.. ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF PAYSON. NO REPORTS WERE AVAILABLE FROM THE SALT
RIVER LAKES.. BUT RADAR INDICATED THAT STORM WAS NOT QUITE AS STRONG
AS THE ONE WEST OF PAYSON.

BOTH STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THE PAYSON
STORM COULD THREATEN THE VERDE LAKES.. BARTLETT AND HORSESHOE.. IN
THE NEXT HOUR. BOATERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE AND FIND
SHELTER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PART OF A LINE THAT HAS BEEN MOVING OFF THE
MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE DESERTS. IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG
WINDS AND BLOWING DUST TO THE PHOENIX METRO AREA LATER THIS EVENING
..PROBABLY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. AND OF COURSE THE DUST MAY BE
FOLLOWED BY A THUNDERSTORM.

TENHARKEL