Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Aug 10, 1991, 6:34 PM MST (01:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 1991, 9:30 PM MST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Mohave County, AZ

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TTAA00 KPHX 110132
FFWPHX
AZC015-110430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
634 PM MST SAT AUG 10 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM MST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA
 
   ...SOUTH CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY
 
A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN THE KINGMAN AREA LEFT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF
RAIN AT KINGMAN AIRPORT IN ABOUT 90 MINUTES. THE STORM APPEARS TO
COVER THE AREA FROM KINGMAN NORTH TO NEAR MEADVIEW...NEAR THE SOUTH
SHORE OF LAKE MEAD. IT HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY WEST AND MAY AFFECT THE
SACRIMENTO WASH AND US HIGHWAY 93 IN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS ENOUGH FOR DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IN MANY OF
THE WASHES AND CANYONS IN THIS PART OF THE STATE. MOTORISTS SHOULD
POSTPONE ANY TRIPS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS...FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALSO CAUSED VERY STRONG WINDS AND MOTORISTS ON
THE MAIN HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY US 93...SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR BLINDING
DUST STORMS.
 
FLASH FLOODING IS MOST DANGEROUS IN THE MOUNTAINS...ALONG STREAMS IN
NARROW STEEP WALLED CANYONS. MANY DEATHS HAVE RESULTED WHEN MOTORISTS
TRIED TO OUTRACE A FLOOD IN THESE CANYONS. CLIMB TO SAFETY IF A FLOOD
DEVELOPS.
 
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.
 
TENHARKEL

In the hours before

AZZALL-110045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
238 PM MST SAT AUG 10 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS IN ARIZONA...

EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS DELAYED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.
HOWEVER...BY 2.30 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD IN THE WESTERN
MOGOLLON RIM INCLUDING FLAGSTAFF AND WILLIAMS...AND IN MAMMOTH TO
WINKELMAN AREA.

A PUBLIC REPORT FROM WINKELMAN AT 2.15 PM INDICATED STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM. RAINFALL AT THE FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT
WAS ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH UP TO 2 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE STATE THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO CROSS ANY FLOODED HIGHWAY DIPS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE SHOULD TAKE COVER WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS.
THESE...AND OTHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE OBSERVED DURING STORMY
WEATHER.

BJOREM

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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.