Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1995, 5:20 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1995, 5:20 PM MST (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1995, 6:55 PM MST
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yavapai County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Winslow (Autob), AZ (KINW), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 120021 FFWPHX AZC025-120210- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 520 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA ...NORTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHINO VALLEY AND PAULDEN... AT 515 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CHINO VALLEY NORTH TO ASH FORK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA DURING THE PAST COUPLE HOURS. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN JUST NORTH OF CHINO VALLEY. RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTO&MOBILES. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. WOJCIK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 11, 3:25 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
AZZ004-007-008-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 325 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS AND CENTRAL BASINS OF ARIZONA... AT 310 PM...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF CHINO VALLEY TO AROUND PRESCOTT. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THE CHINO VALLEY AND PRESCOTT AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS IN SOUTHERN MARICOPA AND SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILA BEND AND WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE GILA BEND AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 8 BETWEEN CASA GRANDE AND GILA BEND MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. WOJCIK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:30 PM MST, 50 minutes before
AZZ004-007-008-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 430 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BASINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS OF ARIZONA... AT 420 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY FROM NORTH OF CHINO VALLEY TO SOUTH OF PRESCOTT. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT 355 PM MST...A SPOTTER IN CHINO VALLEY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 36 MPH AND .51 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR WITH ONE THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MARICOPA AND SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASA GRANDE AND JUST EAST OF PICACHO PEAK. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN PICACHO PEAK AND CASA GRANDE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS THUDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOJCIK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:33 PM MST, 47 minutes before
AZZ004-007-008-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 430 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL BASINS AND SOUTH CENTRAL DESERTS OF ARIZONA... AT 420 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY FROM NORTH OF CHINO VALLEY TO SOUTH OF PRESCOTT. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. AT 355 PM MST...A SPOTTER IN CHINO VALLEY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 36 MPH AND .51 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR WITH ONE THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MARICOPA AND SOUTHERN PINAL COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CASA GRANDE AND JUST EAST OF PICACHO PEAK. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN PICACHO PEAK AND CASA GRANDE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH BLOWING DUST WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS THUDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOJCIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 6:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 8:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 8:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 40 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
Sources
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.