Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1990, 4:30 PM MST for La Paz County, Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1990, 4:30 PM MST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1990, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 122354 COR SVRPHX AZC015-130100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA 430 PM MST THU JUL 12 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM MST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA ...SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST LAPAZ COUNTY RADAR ECHOES AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MOHAVE AND SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY WEST AND SOUTH AND ARE LIKELY TO BRING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE LOWER DESERTS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER FROM BULLHEAD CITY TO SOUTH TO PARKER AND BOUSE IN LAPAZ COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING OR STORM SHELTER. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BJOREM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:43 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
AZZALL-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 141 PM MST THU JUL 12 1990 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING OVER ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1 PM SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM AND BETWEEN LAKE MEAD AND FLAGSTAFF. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THEY ARE LIKELY TO FORM INTO SMALL LINES OR CLUSTERS THAT COULD RESULT IN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. DAMAGING WINDS MAY EVEN RESULT AHEAD OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECORDED. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. THE STORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS WILL GROW IN INTENSITY AND OTHERS WILL FORM IN THEIR PLACE. IN ADDITION... THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND HAIL IN AREAS ALONG THE RIM SOUTH TO THE MEXICAN BORDER...AND WESTWARD TO SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER BROADCASTS FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGSS. SIPPLE
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:24 PM MST, 6 minutes before
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.
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.