Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

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

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

RADAR AT 515 PM WAS SHOWING A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
INDICATED OVER THE AREA OF ROCK SPRINGS...CASTLE HOT SPRINGS...
MORRISTOWN AND JUST NORTHEAST OF WICKENBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH SOME BLOWING
DUST AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE AL1ERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS VISIBILITES MAY QUICKLY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING
DUST WITH GUSTY WINDS FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING
OF HIGHWAY DIPS.

ABBEY/SHANAHAN

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

  ....THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTH PHOENIX...

AT 550 PM RADAR AND VISUAL OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM THAT THUNDERSTORMS
ARE BUILDING RAPIDLY OVER THE NORTH VALLEY. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE
GREATER PHOENIX AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH SOME BLOWING
DUST AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS STREET
FLOODITNG.

PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS VISIBILITES MAY QUICKLY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING
DUST WITH GUSTY WINDS FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN.

ABBEY

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

        ....THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA....

AT 630 PM RADAR AND VISUAL OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM THAT THUNDERSTORMS
ARE BUILDING RAPIDLY INTO PHOENIX. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35
MPH WITH BLOWING DUST AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CLOULD CAUSE LOCAL
STREET FLOODING.

PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS VISIBILITES MAY QUICKLY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING
DUST WITH GUSTY WINDS FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS SHOULD DECREASE BY 9 PM.
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