Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Issued

Feb 14, 1995, 5:55 PM MST (00:55 UTC)

Expired

Feb 14, 1995, 9:00 PM MST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Coconino County, AZ

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AZC007-013-005-025-150400-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
555 PM MST TUE FEB 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA

  ...EXTREME SOUTHERN COCONINO COUNTY
  ...ALL OF YAVAPAI COUNTY
     INCLUDING SEDONA...MUNDS PARK...PRESCOTT...CAMP VERDE...ASH FORK
AND COTTONWOOD

IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA

  ...NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY
     INCLUDING PAYSON...PINE...AND STRAWBERRY

IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA

  ...EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY
     INCLUDING NEW RIVER AND WICKENBURG

AT 545 PM PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A 35 MILE WIDE BAND
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...ORIENTED WEST-TO-EAST...EXTENDING FROM
EXTREME EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY
TO NORTHWEST GILA COUNTY.  

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...WITH
THREE-HOUR MAXIMUM RADAR ESTIMATES OF NEARLY ONE-HALF INCH OBSERVED OVER
A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 5
PM MST.  BETWEEN 250 AND 550 PM MT. UNION...LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
PRESCOTT...HAS RECEIVED 0.94" OF AN INCH...WHILE CROWN KING HAS RECEIVED
0.43 OF AN INCH.

STRONG LOW-LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT MOISTURE-
RICH AIR INTO ARIZONA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE CENTRAL BASINS
SERVES TO LIFT THE AIR AND MAINTAIN THE RAINFALL.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE APPROACHING ARIZONA IS PROVIDING THE DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR
THIS EVENT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING.

OAK CREEK AT SEDONA CONTINUES TO RISE IN RESPONSE TO CONTINUED RAINFALL
AND SNOWMELT...AND MANY OTHER STREAMS ARE RUNNING AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL.  
  
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

GREEN

In the hours before

AZZ003-005-006-150100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WINSLOW ARIZONA
130 PM MST TUE FEB 14 1995

...WINDS ROAR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLATEAU...WHITE MOUNTAINS AND
MOGOLLON RIM AREA...
...WIND WARNING FOR WHITE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST PLATEAU UNTIL 6 PM
MST...

WINDS HAVE DESTROYED A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT TO THE NWS
OFFICE IN WINSLOW. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF BROKEN TREE BRANCHES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN WINSLOW ALONG WITH REPORTS OF VARIOUS OBJECTS BEING BLOWN
ABOUT.  THE WINDS HAVE BEEN CLOCKED AT 61 MPH IN WINSLOW. BAROMETER
READINGS CONTINUE TO DROP IN WINSLOW INDICATING THAT THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE HAS NOT OCCURED YET AND THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS OF EVEN
STRONGER GUSTS OCCURRING BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. VISIBILIES
HAVE DROPPED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE DUE TO BLOWING DUST.
EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA.
CROSSWINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BLOW AROUND SMALL VEHICLES.  HIGH
PROFILE TRUCKS AND CARS TOWING TRAILERS ARE IN DANGER OF BEING BLOWN
ABOUT ALSO.

ANY OUTSIDE OBJECT NOT TIED DOWN OR OTHERWISE STABILIZED MAY BECOME
AIRBORNE WITH A FORCE THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.

MILAZZO

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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