Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1991, 8:19 PM MST for La Paz County, Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1991, 8:19 PM MST (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1991, 9:15 PM MST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Mohave County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:00 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mohave, AZ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 10, 2:37 PM MST, 5 hours 42 minutes 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:34 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Mohave | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.