Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 1995, 7:50 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 70 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1995, 7:50 PM MST (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1995, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maricopa County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1033 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 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 070254 FFWPHX AZC013-070400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 750 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA ...EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY...FOR WICKENBURG AND VICINITY VERY STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD WICKENBURG FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10-12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICKENBURG AT 745 PM. THESE COULD BE DANGEROUS STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOOD OR FLASH FLOODING OF NUMEROUS DESERTS WASHES...INCLUDING THE HASSAYAMPA AND SOLS WASH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WICKENBURG AND VICINITY IS POSTED UNTIFL 900 PM. VASQUEZ
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, 4:32 PM MST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
AZZ004-008-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 433 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 17 NORTH OF PHOENIX... AT 425 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN YAVAPAI AND EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 17 NEAR ROCK SPRINGS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST...HOWEVER NEW STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MANY OF THE STORMS ACROSS ARIZONA HAVE PRODUCED HAIL TODAY...AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS LAKE PLEASANT WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THIS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY OCCUR. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOCH
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 4:33 PM MST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AZZ004-008-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 433 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 17 NORTH OF PHOENIX... AT 425 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN YAVAPAI AND EXTREME NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 17 NEAR ROCK SPRINGS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST...HOWEVER NEW STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MANY OF THE STORMS ACROSS ARIZONA HAVE PRODUCED HAIL TODAY...AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME AS WELL. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS LAKE PLEASANT WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THIS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY OCCUR. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROAD. THE DEPTH OF WATER MAY BE ENOUGH TO FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOCH
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:10 PM MST, 40 minutes before
AZZ008-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 710 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WICKENBURG FROM THE WEST... ...NUMEROUS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR WEST OF WICKENBURG AT 7 PM. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF AGUILA...APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WEST OF WICKENBURG... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS NEAR THE TOWN OF WICKENBURG SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ELSEWHERE IN ARIZONA...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF MOHAVE COUNTY FROM LAKE HAVASU CITY NORTH TO THE UTAH BORDER. RADAR RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL 9 PM. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:18 PM MST, 32 minutes before
AZZ008-070400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 710 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD WICKENBURG FROM THE WEST... ...NUMEROUS STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN MOHAVE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA... SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR WEST OF WICKENBURG AT 7 PM. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF AGUILA...APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WEST OF WICKENBURG... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS NEAR THE TOWN OF WICKENBURG SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ELSEWHERE IN ARIZONA...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF MOHAVE COUNTY FROM LAKE HAVASU CITY NORTH TO THE UTAH BORDER. RADAR RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ARIZONA UNTIL 9 PM. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:20 PM MST, 30 minutes before
AZZ001-007-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 720 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 AT 715 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST CELLS IN THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE HAVASU CITY OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND COULD REACH THE PARKER AND PARKER DAM AREA SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER IN THIS AREA WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION...AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSRTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BOATERS ON THE COLORADO RIVER WILL ALSO NEED TO FOLLOW WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY...AND SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS MOVE INTO THEIR AREA. PERFREMENT
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:22 PM MST, 28 minutes before
AZZ001-007-070330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 720 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 AT 715 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST CELLS IN THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAKE HAVASU CITY OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST...AND COULD REACH THE PARKER AND PARKER DAM AREA SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM. MOTORISTS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER IN THIS AREA WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION...AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSRTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. BOATERS ON THE COLORADO RIVER WILL ALSO NEED TO FOLLOW WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY...AND SEEK SHELTER IF STORMS MOVE INTO THEIR AREA. PERFREMENT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 70 min |
| Sep 6, 8:27 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 10:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 85 min |
| Sep 6, 10:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 4:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 62 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.