Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Aug 14, 1990, 2:18 PM MST (21:18 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 1990, 5:15 PM MST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Yavapai 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
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
218 PM MST TUE AUG 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM MST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PRESCOTT...WICKENBURG...BUCKEYE
AND GILA BEND. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA. THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR THE GREATER
PHOENIX AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
 
AT 215 PM MST RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES WERE SHOWING THAT A NEARLY
STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WAS OVER THE
WARNING AREA. THIS BROKEN LINE RAN FROM NEAR PRESCOTT SOUTH TO NEAR
GILA BEND.
 
THE GROUND CONDITIONS ARE QUITE SATURATED AT THE PRESENT TIME AND ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF.
 
ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL RAINING IN THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA AS OF 215
PM...MOST OF THIS RAIN WAS ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE AND WAS NOT EXPECTED
TO CREATE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AT THIS TIME. IT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT MANY INTERSECTIONS ARE STILL FLOODED IN THE PHOENIX METRO AREA
AND CAUTION IS THEREFORE ADVISED.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH' FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
ESTLE

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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.