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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 4, 1995La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 1995, 1:48 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 1995, 1:48 PM MST (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1995, 3:12 PM MST
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County La Paz County, AZ

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 4, 1:38 PM MST, 10 minutes before
AZZ007-042145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
139 PM MST MON SEP 4 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER LA PAZ COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE
10...

AT 132 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 10...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF QUARTZSITE.  THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5
MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE.  MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.

RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND BLOWING
DUST ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 10 IN LA PAZ COUNTY" SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY...CAUSING ACCIDENTS THAT
MAY INVOLVE CHAIN COLLISIONS AND CREATING MASSIVE PILEUPS.

KOCH
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 1:39 PM MST, 9 minutes before
AZZ007-042145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
139 PM MST MON SEP 4 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER LA PAZ COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE
10...

AT 132 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 10...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF QUARTZSITE.  THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5
MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE.  MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.

RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  SMALL
HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND BLOWING
DUST ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 10 IN LA PAZ COUNTY SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
BLOWING DUST CAN QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY...CAUSING ACCIDENTS THAT
MAY INVOLVE CHAIN COLLISIONS AND CREATING MASSIVE PILEUPS.

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:25 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma55 min
Sep 3, 6:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma55 min
Sep 4, 1:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz84 min

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.