Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 1995, 5:39 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1995, 5:39 PM MST (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1995, 6:40 PM MST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mohave County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 080047 FFWPHX AZC015-080140- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 539 PM MST THU SEP 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA ...CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...FOR KINGMAN AND VICINITY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR KINGMAN AND VICINITY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 640 PM...AND UPGRADED TO INCLUDE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDES OF KINGMAN. SUDDEN HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALSO LED TO FLOODED WASHES AND CITY STREETS. WEATHER RADAR AT 540 PM SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA WITH SIGNS OF PROPAGATING TOWARD THE CITY CENTER. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KINGMAN AND VICINITY IS POSTED UNTIL 640 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FLOOD OR FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY FROM THUNDERSTORM RAINS. 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 7, 2:58 PM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AZZ001-002-004-005-008-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 300 PM MST THU SEP 07 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARIZONA... THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST STORMS AT 245 PM WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA NEAR MOUNT TRUMBULL ON THE ARIZONA STRIP...OVER THE COCONINO PLATEAU SOUTHWEST OF THE GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...IN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CHINO VALLEY... AND NEAR KINGMAN. VERY LARGE STORMS HOWEVER WERE NOTED ON THE NEVADA SIDE OF THE BORDER ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NEAR SEARCHLIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST. ANOTHER VERY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS DAY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARIZONA. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE ON THE UPSWING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR DEVELOPING WEATHER IN THE AREA. LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS IN THE EVENT WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:00 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AZZ001-002-004-005-008-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 300 PM MST THU SEP 07 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARIZONA... THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST STORMS AT 245 PM WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA NEAR MOUNT TRUMBULL ON THE ARIZONA STRIP...OVER THE COCONINO PLATEAU SOUTHWEST OF THE GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...IN THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST WEST OF CHINO VALLEY... AND NEAR KINGMAN. VERY LARGE STORMS HOWEVER WERE NOTED ON THE NEVADA SIDE OF THE BORDER ALONG HIGHWAY 95 NEAR SEARCHLIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST. ANOTHER VERY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS DAY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL ARIZONA. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...HAIL... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE ON THE UPSWING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR DEVELOPING WEATHER IN THE AREA. LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS IN THE EVENT WEATHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:50 PM MST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
AZZ007-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 350 PM MST THU SEP 07 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE BAJA MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF YUMA AT 345 PM... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE BAJA MOUNTAINS 25 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE YUMA DISTRICT...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SOMERTON AND SAN LUIS...BETWEEN 430 AND 5 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:55 PM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AZZ007-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 350 PM MST THU SEP 07 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE BAJA MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF YUMA AT 345 PM... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE BAJA MOUNTAINS 25 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YUMA. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE YUMA DISTRICT...INCLUDING| THE COMMUNITIES OF SOMERTON AND SAN LUIS...BETWEEN 430 AND 5 PM. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 5:05 PM MST, 34 minutes before
AZZ007-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 505 PM MST THU SEP 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY NEAR SAN LUIS AT 5 PM... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO SPREAD AND DEVELOP INTO FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE STILL LOCATED OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF YUMA... SOMERTON...SAN LUIS...AND OTHER NEARBY TOWNS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROACHING WEATHER AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 5:10 PM MST, 29 minutes before
AZZ007-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 505 PM MST THU SEP 7 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY NEAR SAN LUIS AT 5 PM... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO SPREAD AND DEVELOP INTO FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE STILL LOCATED OVER BAJA CALIFORNIA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND BLOWING DUST AND SAND WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF YUMA... SOMERTON...SAN LUIS...AND OTHER NEARBY TOWNS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROAC2HING WEATHER AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. VASQUEZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 5:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 6:39 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Mohave | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 6:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 4:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 60 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.