Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1995, 8:12 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1995, 8:12 PM MST (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1995, 9:10 PM MST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gila County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHX 120312
FFWPHX
AZC007-120400-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
812 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 910 PM MST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA
...NORTHEASTERN GILA COUNTY
INCLUDING CHRISTOPHER CREEK
AT 805 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAYSON. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED RAINFALL OF 2
TO 3 INCHES DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE
FLOODING AROUND THE CHRISTOPHER CREEK AREA AND COULD AFFECT PORTIONS
OF HIGHWAY 260 JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE STORM.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT
SHOULD TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE STORM JUST TO THE SOUTH OF PAYSON BY
ABOUT 850 PM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 5*7 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
DKSWhat 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, Aug 11, 2:56 PM MST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
AZZ004-006-010-008-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 256 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 ...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARIZONA... AT 250 PM MST WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COTTONWOOD AND CORDES JUNCTION EAST TO NEAR YOUNG AND CLIFTON. THIS ACTIVITY WAS INCREASING IN INTENSITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AT 240 PM MST A STORM SPOTTER IN MAYER REPORTED .55 INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN ONE HOUR ALONG WITH MINOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DRUMMOND
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 2:58 PM MST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
AZZ004-006-010-008-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 256 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 ...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARIZONA... AT 250 PM MST WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COTTONWOOD AND CORDES JUNCTION EAST TO NEAR YOUNG AND CLIFTON. THIS ACTIVITY WAS INCREASING IN INTENSITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AT 240 PM MST A STORM SPOTTER IN MAYER REPORTED .55 INCH OF RAINFALL WITHIN ONE HOUR ALONG WITH MINOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REM AINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DRUMMOND
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:45 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AZZALL-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 445 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 ....NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING IN THE CENTRAL BASINS AND IN WESTERN PINAL COUNTY... AT 445 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDCIATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN BASINS...GENERALLY BETWEEN PAYSON TO NORTH OF PRESCOTT. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO ALSO DEVELOP IN WESTERN PINAL COUNTY WEST OF CASA GRANDE NEAR STANFIELD. THESE NEW STORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...THEY MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STURM
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:46 PM MST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AZZALL-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 445 PM MST FRI AUG 11 1995 ....NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVLOPING IN THE CENTRAL BASINS AND IN WESTERN PINAL COUNTY... AT 445 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDCIATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WESTERN BASINS...GENERALLY BETWEEN PAYSON TO NORTH OF PRESCOTT. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO ALSO DEVELOP IN WESTERN PINAL COUNTY WEST OF CASA GRANDE NEAR STANFIELD. THESE NEW STORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...THEY MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STURM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 5:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 5:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 6:07 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 7:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 7:18 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 72 min |
| Aug 11, 7:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 8:12 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 9:25 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 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.