Tornado Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1100 AM MST THU SEP 24 1987

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA...

AT 1100 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT SKY HARBOR IN PHOENIX
SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA MAINLY BETWEEN
PHOENIX...WICKENBURG...PRESCOTT...AND CAMP VERDE. AT THAT TIME MOST
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF ARIZONA
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXCEPT OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST PORTION
OF THE STATE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WEATHER OVER ARIZONA DURING
THE PAST FEW DAYS WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERTS JUST
WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER THIS MORNING. THIS LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS ARIZONA FRIDAY. MOST OF THE WEATHER IS WRAPPED AROUND THE NORTH
AND EAST SIDES OF THE LOW. THUS...THE LACK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
FAR SOUTHWEST DESERTS TODAY WILL BE NOTED OVER ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS FRIDAY WITH ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND IS MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LOWER HUMIDITY
EACH DAY EXCEPT POSSIBLY A FEW AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR NORMAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MID TO UPPER
90S ON THE DESERTS. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATGURES WILL BE CHILLY IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND PLEASANTLY COOL ON THE LOWER DESERTS.

CRAIG ELLIS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA AZ
210 PM MST THU SEP 24 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN YUMA AND LAPAZ COUNTY AGAIN THIS
   AFTERNOON...

AS OF 145 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP QUITE RAPIDLY OVER
LAPAZ COUNTY AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN YUMA COUNTY. ONE STORM
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON DROPPED 0.26 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES ON THE
TOWN OF WENDEN IN LAPAZ COUNTY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN
REPORTED.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AT TIMES WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. LIGHTNING WILL BE FREQUENT AND
RAINSHOWERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY. THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW SPOTS AND ROADWAY DIPS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY AND
IN DIPS AND LOW SPOTS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO REDUCE DRIVING
VISIBILIES BRIEFLY IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST.

KAM 24/2100Z

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
230 PM MST THU SEP 24 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT
2PM...DOUGLAS...GRAND CANYON...KINGMAN...AND TUCSON ALL REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS IN PROGRESS. A WIND GUST TO 38 MPH WAS RECORDED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORM AT KINGMAN. AT THE SOUTH RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON...THE
TEMPERATURE DROPPED FROM 64 TO 51 DEGREES IN TEN MINUTES AFTER THE
THUNDERSTORM BEGAN.

WEATHER RADAR AND LIGHTNING DETECTION DATA SHOWED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE STATE...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IN
WESTERN ARIZONA FROM SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY TO NEAR KINGMAN...AND IN
THE EAST FROM THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TO SOUTH OF TUCSON.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF

BY MIDNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

KRAUS