Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 1995, 5:34 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 1995, 5:34 PM MST (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 1995, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mohave County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Mercury/Desert R, NV (KDRA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 KLAS 130036 FFWLAS AZC015-NVC003-130130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 534 PM PDT SAT AUG 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA ...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY IN SOUTH NEVADA ...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY INCLUDING THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA... AT 530 PM LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY OVER THE LAKE MEAD RECREATION AREA MOVING INTO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE WILLOW BEACH AREA AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NELSON. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES AND RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH OVER THE PAST HOUR IN THE WILLOW BEACH AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SjHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. KOSIER
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, Aug 12, 5:15 PM MST, 19 minutes before
AZZ002-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 515 PM MST SAT AUG 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ARIZONA STRIP IN NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 5 PM...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM 30 MILES WEST OF FREDONIA...TO TUWEEP...AND SOUTH TO THE NATURAL BRIDGE IN GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK. A FEW OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING DUSTS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL AROUND 8 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 5:19 PM MST, 15 minutes before
AZZ002-130300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 515 PM MST SAT AUG 12 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ARIZONA STRIP IN NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY... AT 5 PM...LAS VEGAS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM 30 MILES WEST OF FREDONIA...TO TUWEEP...AND SOUTH TO THE NATURAL BRIDGE IN GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK. A FEW OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING DUSTS. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION UNTIL AROUND 8 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY ALERNT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MITCHELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:22 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 113 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.