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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 3, 1995La Paz County, Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 1995, 6:25 PM MST for La Paz County, Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 3, 1995, 6:25 PM MST (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 1995, 7:20 PM MST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Whole counties

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHX 040128
FFWPHX
AZC029-027-040220-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
625 PM MST SUN SEP 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 720 PM MST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA

  ...EXTREME SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY
  ...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY
     INCLUDING THE KOFA MOUNTAINS AND KOFA WILDLIFE REFUGE

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNING AREA.  A
WALL OF DUST WAS REPORTED ALONG U.S. ROUTE 95 NEAR THE LA PAZ/YUMA
COUNTY BORDER...AND WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED JUST TO
THE NORTH OF YUMA..

INTENSE LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

BOATERS ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OVER OPEN
WATER AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION, BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

PERFREMENT

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, Sep 3, 6:00 PM MST, 25 minutes before

AZZ007-040300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 PM MST SUN SEP 3 1995

AT 545 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA.  MOST OF THE STORMS WERE ON THE ARIZONA SIDE OF
THE COLORADO RIVER...BETWEEN YUMA AND BLYTHE.  MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS CLUSTER WAS ALONG U.S. ROUTE
95...NEAR THE CUTOFF TO MARTINEZ LAKE.

MOTORISTS AND BOATERS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.  IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR BOATERS...ON MARTINEZ
LAKE AND THE COLORADO RIVER...TO SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE
AWAY FROM THE AREA.  AND MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADWAY
DIPS...AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ALONG THIS PORTION OF U.S. 95.

PERFREMENT

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 6:03 PM MST, 22 minutes before

AZZ007-040300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 PM MST SUN SEP 3 1995

AT 545 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA.  MOST OF THE STORMS WERE ON THE ARIZONA SIDE OF
THE COLORADO RIVER...BETWEEN YUMA AND BLYTHE.  MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS CLUSTER WAS ALONG U.S. ROUTE
95...NEAR THE CUTOFF TO MARTINEZ LAKE.

MOTORISTS AND BOATERS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO DUE TO POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.  IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR BOATERS...ON MARTINEZ
LAKE AND THE COLORADO RIVER...TO SEEK SHELTER UNTTIL THE STORMS MOVE
AWAY FROM THE AREA.  AND MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADWAY
DIPS...AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ALONG THIS PORTION OF U.S. 95.

PERFREMENT

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 6:12 PM MST, 13 minutes before

AZZ007-040300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 PM MST SUN SEP 3 1995

AT 545 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA.  MOST OF THE STORMS WERE ON THE ARIZONA SIDE OF
THE COLORADO RIVER...BETWEEN YUMA AND BLYTHE.  MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS CLUSTER WAS ALONG U.S. ROUTE
95...NEAR THE CUTOFF TO MARTINEZ LAKE.

MOTORISTS AND BOATERS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR
TWO DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.  IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR BOATERS...ON MARTINEZ
LAKE AND THE COLORADO RIVER...TO SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE
AWAY FROM THE AREA.  AND MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODED ROADWAY
DIPS...AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ALONG THIS PORTION OF U.S. 95.

PERFREMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 6:25 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	55 min
Sep 4, 1:48 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz	84 min
Sep 4, 1:48 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	84 min

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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.