Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 1995, 9:35 PM MST for La Paz County, Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1995, 9:35 PM MST (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1995, 12:30 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Mohave County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHX 160442 RRA
FFWPHX
AZC029-015-150730-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
935 PM MST TUE AUG 15 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA
...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY
IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA
...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY
INCLUDING ALAMO LAKE
...AT 930 PM MST PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNING AREA. THESE STORMS HAD MOVED LITTLE IN
THE PAST 2 HOURS AND WERE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.
RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN NEAR DATE CREEK IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTY SINCE 830
PM. NEARLY 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR JUST NORTHEAST OF
ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MOHAVE COUNTY.
THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES
UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
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 0WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
BROWNWhat 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 15, 6:05 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AZZ001-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 605 PM MST TUE AUG 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN ARIZONA... AT 6 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MOJAVE COUNTY...EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF LAKE HAVASU CITY NORTHWARD TO 30 MILES NORTH OF PEACH SPRINGS. ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING DUST... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS OUT AND ABOUT IN MOJAVE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A PROVEN KILLER! BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:25 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AZZ001-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 725 PM MST TUE AUG 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA... AT 720 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MOJAVE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 93...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIKIEUP. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT IN THE LAST HOUR OR TWO. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF LAKE HAVASU CITY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THIS STORM INDICTAED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 530 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST... HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:28 PM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AZZ001-160430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 725 PM MST TUE AUG 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA... AT 720 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MOJAVE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 93...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIKIEUP. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT IN THE LAST HOUR OR TWO. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF LAKE HAVASU CITY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THIS STORM INDICTAED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 530 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL AROUND 9 PM. SOME STO:RMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BLOWING DUST... HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 8:10 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AZZ001-007-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 810 PM MST TUE AUG 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... AT 8 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MOHAVE...WESTERN YAVAPAI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...AND 15 MILES EAST OF WIKIEUP. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. KINGMAN REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AROUND 7 PM FROM A THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS EVENING...AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA AT LEAST UNTIL 10 PM. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 8:11 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AZZ001-007-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 810 PM MST TUE AUG 15 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... AT 8 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MOHAVE...WESTERN YAVAPAI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LA PAZ COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE HAVASU CITY...AND 15 MILES EAST OF WIKIEUP. THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. KINGMAN REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AROUND 7 PM FROM A THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS EVENING...AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA AT LEAST UNTIL 10 PM. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BROWN
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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.