Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
145 PM MST THU OCT 29 1987

WEATHER RADAR AND LOCAL RAIN GAGES AT 130 PM INDICATED LOCALLY
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS IN CENTRAL YAVAPAI
COUNTY. AN AUTOMATIC RAIN GAGE NEAR WILHOIT REPORTED A HALF INCH
OF RAIN...AND IT WAS STILL RAINING.

RAINFALL IN THE BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS AND NEAR PRESCOTT COULD BE LOCALLY
HEAVY INTO THE EVENING HOURS...RESULTING IN FLOODED ROADWAY DIPS
AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF SOME WASHES. THUS CAUTION SHOULD BE USED
THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
240 PM MST THU OCT 29 1987

   ...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WESTERN ARIZONA...

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO ARIZONA FROM
THE WEST AT MIDDAY.  AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO
THE MOUNTAINS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY THEY BECAME MORE INTENSE.

NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY...FROM THE VICINITY OF
PRESCOTT SOUTHWEST TO AGUILA IN NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY...HAD
REPORTED RAINFALLS OF ONE HALF TO ABOUT ONE INCH OF RAIN BY 215 PM.

THIS AREA IS MOVING EAST AND IS LIKELY TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL
ARIZONA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

AS OF 230 PM IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT HEAVY SHOWERS WOULD REACH THE
PHOENIX AREA BY THE 4 TO 6 PM RUSH HOUR PERIOD. NEVERTHELESS...
MOTORISTS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH AN EVENT.

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