Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Aug 13, 1990, 5:30 PM MST (00:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 1990, 8:30 PM MST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

Counties La Paz County, AZ, 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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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND SEVERE THUDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
530 PM MST MON AUG 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
   ...SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY
 
IN CENTRAL ARIZONA
   ...NORTHWESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY
   ...LA PAZ COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA AT 5 PM MST.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TOWARD THE SOUTH ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...
WHILE ALSO BUILDING TOWARD THE WEST.
 
IN THE PAST TWO HOURS REPORTS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF WICKENBURG
RANGED FROM ABOUT ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN...AND IT WAS STILL
RAINING.
 
BESIDES HEAVY RAIN THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS TO
6O MILES AN HOUR...ALSO RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DONT TRY TO CROSS
FLOODING WASHES OR STREAMS. NEVER DRIVE ONTO A BRIDGE COVERED BY
WATER. STAY OFF FLOODED CITY STREETS. OUTSIDE THE CITY...STAY ON MAIN
HIGHWAYS. AVOID SECONDARY ROADS AND FARM ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
350 PM MST MON AUG 13 1990

AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOME WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN YAVAPAI AND SOUTHERN
MOHAVE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED TO BE TO THE
SOUTH ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE GROWING
TOWARD THE WEST.

MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. ROUTE 93...WILL NEED
TO USE CAUTION AND WATCH FOR FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS.

IF THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO GROW SOUTH AND WEST
MOTORISTS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY WILL ALSO NEED TO
WATCH WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ALSO...THE THREAT
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING WEST TO THE COLORADO RIVER EXISTS...
ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT BLYTHE NORTH TO BULLHEAD CITY. ARRIVAL OF
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS AREA WOULD BE BETWEEN 430 PM AND 730 PM.

JP 132250Z

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