Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Aug 27, 1988, 1:58 PM MST (20:58 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 1988, 3:30 PM MST

In force

92 min

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Maricopa County, AZ

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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AZC013-272230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
158 PM MST SAT AUG 27 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MST
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
          ...NORTHERN MARICOPA
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GREATER PHOENIX METRO AREA.
 
AT 155 PM MST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF THE SALT RIVER VALLEY. WIND GUSTS OF AT
LEAST 50 MPH ALONG WITH BLINDING DUST WERE REPORTED AT
YOUNGTOWN...WHILE DESERT HILLS REPORTED WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.
IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOTS OF URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY
WITH THIS INTENSE THUNDERSTORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNI>NG...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1988Every flash flood warning in 1988

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.