Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

May 28, 1990, 2:57 PM MST (21:57 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 1990, 6:00 PM MST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Mohave 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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AZC015-290100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
257 PM MST MON MAY 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM MST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG
THE COLORADO RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF BULLHEAD CITY. RADAR AND
SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNING
AREA...AND THEY MAY PERSIST FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...RESULTING IN
FURTHER ACCUMULATION OF WATER.
 
 
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY HAPPENING OR ABOUT TO HAPPEN. MOVE AWAY
FROM STREAMS OR WASHES. HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND. ON THE HIGHWAY...SLOW
DOWN AND KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT AHEAD FOR FLOODING.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DONT TRY TO CROSS
FLOODING WASHES OR STREAMS. NEVER DRIlVE ONTO A BRIDGE COVERED BY
WATER. STAY OFF FLOODED CITY STREETS. OUTSIDE THE CITY...STAY ON MAIN
HIGHWAYS. AVOID SECONDARY ROADS AND FARM ROADS
.

In the hours before

AZZALL-290300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
200 PM MST MON MAY 28 1990

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR
NORTHERN AND EASTERN ARIZONA...

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE HAS MOVED INTO ARIZONA...
RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR MUCH OF THE STATE. AT 130 PM SHOW
LOW REPORTED SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO ABOUT 55 MPH...PAGE 50 MPH...
AND PINETOP 48 MPH. ELSEWHERE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE MOSTLY GUSTED TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH.

WINDS HAVE ALSO INCREASED ELSEWHERE. WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 30 MPH HAVE
BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...AND WINDS IN THIS AREA MAY
REACH 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

ALONG WITH THE WIND THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND SHOWERS.
OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT KINGMAN AND BULLHEAD CITY TODAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. LATE TONIGHT THE
SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO AROUND 75 HUNDRED FEET. A FEW INCHES OF WET
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE 8 THOUSAND
FEET.

MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO =USE EXTRA CAUTION DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR PULLING TRAILERS.
IN ADDITION CAMPERS WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE CAMPFIRES ARE COMPLETELY
OUT BEFORE LEAVING.

JP 282100Z

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.