Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1145 AM MST THU JUL 27 1989

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER THE STATE TODAY...

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER ARIZONA AS OF LATE THIS
MORNING. AS OF 11 AM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF CONGRESS AND YARNELL.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA IN MOHAVE
COUNTY AND OVER EASTERN ARIZONA IN APACHE AND NORTHERN GREENLEE
COUNTIES.

THUNDERSTORMS IN ARIZONA ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING COULD OCCUR ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE STATE TODAY.

MOTORISTS IN THE STATE TODAY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
INCLEMENT WEATHER AND SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR STRONG WINDS...
HEAVY RAINS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IN ADDI3TION...MOTORISTS SHOULD
ALSO BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS.

BERKOVITZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
115 PM MST THU JUL 27 1989

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA...

AT 110 PM RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES WERE SHOWING SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOHAVE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
FROM ABOUT BAGDAD IN SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTY WEST TO NEAR WICKIEUP
AND THEN TO AROUND LAKE HAVASU CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LIKELY
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS PRECEDED BY BLOWING DUST.
MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAYS
93...95 AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 40 BETWEEN YUCCA AND TOPOK SHOULD BE
ALERTED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER IN HIGHWAY DIPS AND NORMALLY DRY
WASHES AND LOWERED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED AROUND ARIZONA AT 110 PM...
INCLUDING IN EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY...IN THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS...
AND ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM. JUST ABOUT ANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE{
OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE SLOW THUNDERSTORM
MOVEMENT. CAUTION IS THEREFORE ADVISED THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON
SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS BE ENCOUNTERED ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.

ESTLE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA AZ
148 PM MST THU JUL 27 1989

   ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER YUMA AND LAPAZ COUNTIES...

AT 145 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL DRIVE THE STORMS SLOWLY TOWARD
THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE RUNNING WATER IN WASHES...LOCAL FLASH FLOODING AND URBAN FLOODING.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...ESPECIALLY
IN FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

MATHESON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
255 PM MST THU JUL 27 1989

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER ARIZONA...

RADAR AT 230 PM WAS SHOWING A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY JUST EAST OF LAKE HAVASU CITY.
THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM COULD CAUSE NORMALLY DRY WASHES
TO RISE SOMEWHAT AND ROADWAY DIPS COULD BECOME FILLED WITH WATER.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.

MOTORISTS IN SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY NEAR LAKE HAVASU CITY SHOULD AVOID
HIGHWAY LOW SPOTS IF WATER IS OBSERVED RUNNING ACROSS THEM. ALSO...
THOSE OUT AND ABOUT ON LAKE HAVASU SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE
APPROACHING STORM AND COME ASHORE BEFORE THE STORM HITS. WINDS OF OVER
40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

ESTLE