Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1987
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 1987, 11:37 PM MST for La Paz County, Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 1987, 11:37 PM MST (06:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1987, 1:45 AM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KPHX 050658 COR
FFWPHX
AZC015-050845-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
1137 PM MST FRI SEP 4 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE NEAR PARKER
...EXTREME NORTHWEST LA PAZ NEAR PARKER ALONG THE COLORADO
RIVER.
SATELLITE PICTURES AT 1140 PM SHOW THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING
RAPIDLY ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER BETWEEN PARKER AND LAKE HAVASU. THE
PARKER SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NORTH OF
PARKER WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING OCCURING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. NORTH
AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC HAS BEEN STOPPED AND BACKED UP DUE LOTS OF
WATER ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.
FLASH FLOODING COMES QUICKLY TO THE WASHES DRAINING INTO THE COLORADO
RIVER FROM HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRIMARILY EFFECT ROADS IN
THE SOUTHWEST MOHAVE AND NORTHWEST LA PAZ COUNTIES.
AVOID DRIVING YOUR CAR DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS. WASH OUTS
AND FLOODED ROADWAYS CAN PLUNGE YOU INTO LIFE THREATENING
SITUATIONS. MOTORISTS ARE AMONG THE LEADING FATALITIES IN FLASH
FLOODS. AUTOMOBILES ARE NO PLACE TO BE IN RISING WATER.
VASQUEZWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 6:44 PM MST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
645 PM MST FRI SEP 4 1987
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE REMOTE DESERT
AREAS OF MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 630 PM THE LAS VEGAS WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A FEW INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE LAKE MEAD RECREATIONAL AREA
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REMOTE DESERTS JUST NORTH OF THE
THE HAMLET OF HACKBERRY. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SEEMS TO BE
EXPANDING SOUTHEASTWARD.
ALTHOUGH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE REMOTE DESERT AREAS
OF MOHAVE COUNTY...IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...VERY STRONG SURFACE WINDS
ORIGINATING FROM THE STORMS COULD AFFECT THE CITY OF KINGMAN AND
ALSO HIGHWAYS EMANATING FROM KINGMAN.
EARLIER THE LAS VEGAS WEATHER OFFICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY EFFECTING THE LAKE MEAD
AREA. AT THE SMALL VILLAGE OF TEMPLE BAR...ON THE SOUTHSHORE OF
LAKE MOHAVE...60 MPH WINDS BLEW LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE HAMLETS
OF PEACH SPRINGS...TRUXTON AND HACKBERRY ALONG HIGHWAY 66 THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. VERY STRONG WINDS COUULD ALSO BLOW ALONG INTERSTATE 40
BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WILLIAMS.
MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG THE ARIZONA HIGHWAYS IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...BLINDING RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.
VASQUEZSpecial weather statement, Sep 4, 6:48 PM MST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
645 PM MST FRI SEP 4 1987
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE REMOTE DESERT
AREAS OF MOHAVE COUNTY...
AT 630 PM THE LAS VEGAS WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A FEW INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE LAKE MEAD RECREATIONAL AREA
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REMOTE DESERTS JUST NORTH OF THE
THE HAMLET OF HACKBERRY. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SEEMS TO BE
EXPANDING SOUTHEASTWARD.
ALTHOUGH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE REMOTE DESERT AREAS
OF MOHAVE COUNTY...IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA...VERY STRONG SURFACE WINDS
ORIGINATING FROM THE STORMS COULD AFFECT THE CITY OF KINGMAN AND
ALSO HIGHWAYS EMANATING FROM KINGMAN.
EARLIER THE LAS VEGAS WEATHER OFFICE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY EFFECTING THE LAKE MEAD
AREA. AT THE SMALL VILLAGE OF TEMPLE BAR...ON THE SOUTHSHORE OF
LAKE MEAD...60 MPH WINDS BLEW LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE HAMLETS
OF PEACH SPRINGS...TRUXTON AND HACKBERRY ALONG HIGHWAY 66 THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. VERY STRONG WINDS CWOULD ALSO BLOW ALONG INTERSTATE 40
BETWEEN KINGMAN AND WILLIAMS.
MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG THE ARIZONA HIGHWAYS IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS...BLINDING RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.
VASQUEZSpecial weather statement, Sep 4, 8:08 PM MST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
805 PM MST FRI SEP 4 1987
...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE PLEASANT
OVER NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY...
AT 750 PM LUKE WEATHER RADAR AT LUKE AIR FORCE BASE DETECTED VERY
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE PLEASANT.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLIER OVER THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS
SOUTH OF PRESCOTT AND HAVE BEEN MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT 12 MPH.
MOTORIST LEAVING THE PHOENIX VALLEY DRIVING NORTH ON INTERSTATE 17
HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY ENCOUNTERED BLINDING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD INTO THE FAR NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY THIS EVENING EVENTUALLY AFFECTING SUN CITY...
PARIDISE VALLEY AND CAVE CREEK WITH STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST
AND HEAVY RAIN.
CAMPERS TONIGHT ON LAKE PLEASANT AND ON THE VERDE LAKES SHOULD
EXCERCISE CAUTION FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
VASQUEZNearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.