Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Phoenix, AZ

AZZ007 130200

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA AZ
425 PM MST THU JUL 12 1990

      ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LONG THE COLORADO RIVER...

THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LAKE HAVASU AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...NEAR
THE CITY OF PARKER WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THESE STORMS
WILL CAUSE HEAVY SHOWERS...LIGHTNING AND SUDDEN STRONG WINDS WITH
BLOWING DUST.

BOATERS...CAMPERS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
BE PREPARED FOR RUNNING WASHES AND HIGH WINDS.

MATHESON

STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
525 PM MST THU JUL 12 1990

                                  PATH    # PERSONS  EST. DAMAGE  CHARACTER
PLACE            DATE  TIME       L   W   KILL. INJ. PROP. CROPS   OF STORM

MOHAVE CO        12   1705 MST             0     0    ?     0   TSTM WIND
BULLHEAD CITY
FIRE DEPT.        MEASURED WINDS...42 MPH WITH PEAK GUST TO 71 MPH.
                  SUSTAINED WINDS AT 59 MPH.  SOME ROOF DAMAGE.

SIPPLE

AZZ007 130400

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA AZ
710 PM MST THU JUL 12 1990

 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL
MIDNIGHT...

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN LA PAZ COUNTY IS OVER...AFTER MANY
REPORTS OF GUSTY WINDS NEAR 45 MPH AND SHOWERS.

HOWEVER...AT 7 PM MST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE KOFA MOUNTAINS
IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY...JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 95. THIS STORM IS MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTH...AND HEAVY RAINS FROM THE STORM WILL CAUSE RUNNING WASHES
ALONG HIGHWAY 95 INTO THE NIGHT.

MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO DRIVE WITH CARE ALONG HIGHWAY 95 BETWEEN YUMA
AND QUARTZSITE. MANY DIPS IN THE ROAD WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH RUNNING
WATER.
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MATHESON