Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1995, 6:11 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 109 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1995, 6:11 PM MST (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 150111
FFWPHX
AZC013-150300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
611 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA
...EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY
INCLUDING WICKENBURG AND MORRISTOWN
AT 610 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY AND INDICATED VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT. A STORM SPOTTER IN WICKENBURG RECORDED 1.15 INCHES OF RAIN
IN 1/2 HOUR WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 44 MILES PER HOUR. LOCAL FLASH
FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE WICKENBURG AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
DO NOT TRY TO OUTRACE A FLASH FLOOD. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES.
WOJCIKWhat 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 14, 5:15 PM MST, 56 minutes before
AZZ004-150115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 515 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL ALONG STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN PAYSON AND KOHLS RANCH... AT 515 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PHOENIX SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN PAYSON AND KOHLS RANCH. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED EAST OF STATE ROUTES 188 AND 87 NORTHEAST OF PUNKIN CENTER AND SOUTHEAST OF PAYSON. BOTH AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LITTLE MOVEMENT OR ONLY VERY SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH WAS INDICATED. BE ALERT FOR WATER FILLING ROADWAY DIPS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. CRAIG ELLIS WWUS34KFSD 0
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:18 PM MST, 53 minutes before
AZZ004-150115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 515 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL ALONG STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN PAYSON AND KOHLS RANCH... AT 515 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PHOENIX SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN PAYSON AND KOHLS RANCH. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED EAST OF STATE ROUTES 188 AND 87 NORTHEAST OF PUNKIN CENTER AND SOUTHEAST OF PAYSON. BOTH AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LITTLE MOVEMENT OR ONLY VERY SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH WAS INDICATED. BE ALERT FOR WATER FILLING ROADWAY DIPS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. CRAIG ELLIS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:30 PM MST, 41 minutes before
AZZ008-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 530 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA... AT 530 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PHOENIX SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AND SURROUNDING WICKENBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICKENBURG ON U.S. HIGHWAY 60. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED AROUND 1/2 INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR. THIS COULD RESULT IN WATER FILLING ROADWAY DIPS IN THAT AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 630 PM MST. CRAIG ELLIS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:32 PM MST, 39 minutes before
AZZ008-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 530 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA... AT 530 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PHOENIX SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AND SURROUNDING WICKENBURG. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL LOCATED 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICKENBURG ON U.S. HIGHWAY 60. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED AR2OUND 1/2 INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR. THIS COULD RESULT IN WATER FILLING ROADWAY DIPS IN THAT AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 630 PM MST. CRAIG ELLIS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:58 PM MST, 13 minutes before
AZZ010-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 558 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY... AT 650 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. A STRONGER STORM PRODUCED BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE 550 PM MST NEAR THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF SUNSET IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. WOJCIK
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:59 PM MST, 12 minutes before
AZZ010-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 558 PM MST FRI JUL 14 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY... AT 650 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. A STRONGER STORM PRODUCED BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE 550 PM MST NEAR THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF SUNSET IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. WZOJCIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yavapai | 116 min |
| Jul 14, 7:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 116 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.