Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Phoenix, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA, AZ
245 PM MST SAT OCT 24 1987

           ...HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE QUARTZSITE AREA...

AT 230 THIS AFTERNOON STORM SPOTTERS IN QUARTZSITE REPORTED A HEAVY
RAINSHOWER THAT HAD BEEN FALLING FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR...ACCUMULATING
ABOUT A HALF INCH OF RAIN. THE SHOWER IS ONE OF A FEW THAT ARE ON RADAR
IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY AND LAPAZ COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE QUARTZSITE AREA IS PRIME FLASH FLOOD COUNTRY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO BE WATCHFUL FOR RUNNING WATER OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN DIPS ON
HIGHWAY 95 IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY...AND HIGHWAYS 95...72 AND 60 IN
LAPAZ COUNTY.

THE SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN WEAKEN LATER THI*S AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MATHESON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA, AZ
409 PM MST SAT OCT 24 1987

 ...HEAVY SHOWERS IN LAPAZ COUNTY...EASTERN SAN BERNADINO COUNTY...

STORM SPOTTERS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER IN NORTHERN LAPAZ COUNTY AND
SAN BERNADINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA REPORT LARGE SHOWER CELLS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD LAKE HAVASU CITY AT 4 PM.

SLOW MOVING HEAVY SHOWERS ARE ALSO MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY AND
LAPAZ COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH
HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD...WITH REPORTS OF RUNNING WATER IN WASHES.

THIS IS PRIME FLASH FLOOD COUNTRY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH
CAUTION AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RUNNING WATER ON THE ROADS AND
REMEMBERc THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. SHOWERS OVER NEARBY MOUNTAINS
WILL CAUSE SUDDEN FLASH FLOODS IN SEEMINGLY SAFE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE
DIPS IN THE ROADWAYS.

THE SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.
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MATHESON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
445 PM MST FRI OCT 23 1987

    ...VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MARICOPA AND
                SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
NORTHWEST MARICOPA AND SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTIES.  A LINE OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT TO
INTERSTATE 10 ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF TONOPAH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS RAIN
BAND CAUSING FLOODING OF WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND REDUCING
VISIBILITIES FOR THOSE MOTORIST ALONG HIGHWAY 60 FROM AGUILA
TO WICKENBURG.

THIS HEAVY RAINBAND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WICKENBURG AREA }WITHIN
THE HOUR CAUSING THE NEARBY HASSAYAMPA AND SOLS WASH TO RUN.

SOME LOCALY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THE PRESCOTT AREA IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

VASQUEZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.............CORRECTION FOR DATE AND TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
445 PM MST SAT OCT 24 1987

    ...VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MARICOPA AND
                SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR WAS DETECTING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
NORTHWEST MARICOPA AND SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTIES.  A LINE OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT TO
INTERSTATE 10 ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF TONOPAH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS RAIN
BAND CAUSING FLOODING OF WASHES...ROADWAY DIPS AND REDUCING
VISIBILITIES FOR THOSE MOTORIST ALONG HIGHWAY 60 FROM AGUILA
TO WICKENBURG.

THIS HEAVY RAINBAND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WICKENBURG AREA WITHIN

SOME LOCALY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THE PRESCOTT AREA IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.

VASQUEZ