Alert archive / Arizona / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 1992, 1:17 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 58 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
- Feb 13, 1992, 1:17 PM MST (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 1992, 2:15 PM MST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maricopa County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 1:55 PM MST | Tornado F0 | Maricopa, 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 132020 RRA TORPHX AZC013-132115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA 117 PM MST THU FEB 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM MST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE VICINITY OF 79TH AVE AND THOMAS AT 12:55 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS REPORTED THAT IT DID HIT GROUND TWICE DAMAGING A FENCE AND TAKING SHINGLES OFF A ROOF. IT WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD BEFORE DISAPPEARING INTO THE CLOUD. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A TORNADO COULD REFORM SO PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUCH AN EVENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. TORNADOES DESTROY MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU ARE IN A TRAILER PARK...GO TO THE PLACE DESIGNATED AS THE STORM SHELTER...OR ANY STRONG BUILDING. IF YOU CANT FIND A REINFORCED BUILDING...GET IzN A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Feb 13, 9:57 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AZZALL-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA 954 AM MST THU FEB 13 1992 ...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 65 HUNDRED FEET NORTH HALF TODAY... RAINS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL OVER ALL OF ARIZONA THIS MORNING. AT 930 AM...FLAGSTAFF REPORTED SNOW FALLING AT THE RATE OF AN INCH AN HOUR WITH THREE INCHES ON THE GROUND. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW SUCH AS THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. THEREFORE...THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH HALF OF THE STATE ABOVE 6500 FEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A WEATHER IMPULSE WAS MOVING INTO ARIZONA FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AND MORNING AND INTENSIFING. AS THIS IMPULSE MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA...SOME SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH WILL RECEIVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS THE IMPULSE PASSES. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY WASHES IN THE DESERT TO FLOW MAKING SOME HIGHWAY DIPS IMPASSABLE. TRAVELLERS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA TODAY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE SNOWS OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE ROADS SLIPPERY AND TREACHEROUS AND THE FLOWING WASHES OF THE DESERTS WILL CREATE THE HAZARD OF WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS. STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM. LOVEGROVE
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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.