Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 1995, 1:52 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1995, 1:52 PM MST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1995, 3:45 PM MST
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yavapai County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 062050 FFWPHX AZC025-062245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 152 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA ...CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY AT 148 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN YAVAPAI COUNTY OVER CHINO VALLEY. A SPOTTER REPORTED 1.36 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 15 MINUTES IN CHINO VALLEY... ALONG WITH 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OR IS ALREADY OCCURING. IF YOU ARE NEAR A STREAM OR WASH...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID TRAVELLING IN THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY... DO NOT CROSS IT. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TV FOR WEATHER UPDATES. KOCH
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 6, 12:15 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AZZ004-001-002-062100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1215 PM MST WED SEP 06 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA... AT 1210 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MOHAVE AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR TO BE NORTHWEST OF PRESCOTT OVER THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 89... SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT AND NORTH OF YARNELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH...AND DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS DRIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. ALSO...LOCAL ROAD FLOODING COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. BERKOVITZ
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 1:25 PM MST, 27 minutes before
AZZ004-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 125 PM MST WED SEP 06 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY... AT 120 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY ON RADAR AT THIS TIME WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF CROWN KING. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME FLOODING OF WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE POSSIBLE. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN TO THE NORTH OF CROWN KING DURING THE PAST HOUR. MOTORISTS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM TRAVELLING IN THIS AREA TODAY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY...DO NOT CROSS IT. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 1:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yavapai | 113 min |
| Sep 6, 2:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yavapai | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yavapai | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.