Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Feb 14, 1995, 4:30 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 14, 1995, 4:30 PM MST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 1995, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gila County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Winslow (Autob), AZ (KINW), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 142335
FFWPHX
AZC007-150130-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
430 PM MST TUE FEB 14 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA
...NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY
INCLUDING PAYSON...PINE...AND STRAWBERRY
AT 425 PM PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN OVER MUCH OF YAVAPAI AND NORTHWEST GILA COUNTIES. THE
AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. AS A
RESULT...NORTHWEST GILA COUNTY IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL
DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.
HEAVY STREAMFLOWS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON NUMEROUS WASHES
...STREAMS...AND CREEKS. AT ABOUT 315 PM MST...A CAR ON THE HOUSTON-
MESA ROAD NORTH OF PAYSON ATTEMTED TO CROSS THE EAST VERDE RIVER
CROSSING...AND WAS WASHED DOWN THE RIVER. FORTUNATELY THE OCCUPANT
ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY...BUT THIS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS THE POTENTIAL DANGER
THIS SITUATION POSES TO MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON ROADS IN NORTHWEST GILA
COUNTY.
AT PRESENT...THE RIVERS ARE ALL WITHIN THEIR BANKS...BUT WITH MORE RAIN
ON THE WAY...AND SNOWMELT INCREASING...A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING EXISTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR
VEHICLE NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER 6AREAS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
BRECKENRIDGE/GREENWhat 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, Feb 14, 12:13 PM MST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AZZ007-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA AZ 1213 PM MST TUE FEB 14 1995 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE YUMA AREA... SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE BEEN BLOWING AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO MORE THAN 40 MPH IN THE EXTREME LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS AT THE AIRPORT IN YUMA HAVE BEEN 43 MPH. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE LEVELS ARE HIGH IN THE AREA...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN STILL CAUSE BLOWING DUST. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON HIGHWAYS IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 8 WHERE THESE WINDS ARE ACTUALLY CROSSWINDS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. FAUSETT
Special weather statement, Feb 14, 12:14 PM MST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AZZ007-142215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YUMA AZ 1213 PM MST TUE FEB 14 1995 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN THE YUMA AREA... SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE BEEN BLOWING AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO MORE THAN 40 MPH IN THE EXTREME LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS AT THE AIRPORT IN YUMA HAVE BEEN 43 MPH. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE LEVELS ARE HIGH IN THE AREA...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN STILL CAUSE BLOWING DUST. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON HIGHWAYS IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 8 WHERE THESE WINDS ARE ACTUALLY CROSSWINDS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN FAR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. FAUSETT
Local storm report, Feb 14, 3:17 PM MST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...LATE REPORT ... YESTERDAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
315 MST TUE FEB 14 1995
TIME PATH # PERSONS EST. DAMAGE CHARACTER
PLACE DATE (MST) L W KILL INJ PROP CROPS OF STORM
...MONDAY AFTERNOON TORNADO...
EAST MESA 13 1508- .5 10 0 0 $300K TORNADO(F0)
(20ESE PHX) 1513
NWS SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED WEAK TORNADO AT THE GENERAL
MOTORS DESERT PROVING GROUNDS. A ROOF WAS DAMAGED AND
ABOUT 20 VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST
AND LASTED ABOUT 5 MINS.
SIPPLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 12:10 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yavapai | 4 hr |
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.