Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 1995, 6:39 PM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1995, 6:39 PM MST (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1995, 7:25 PM MST
- In force
- 46 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, 1.7 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 080152
FFWPHX
AZC015-080225-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
639 PM MST THU SEP 7 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 725 PM MST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA
...CENTRAL MOHAVE COUNTY...FROM KINGMAN TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY
93 INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KINGMAN AND
VICINITY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 725 PM...AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE
PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 93.
AT 640 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE
EASTERN PORTIONS TO KINGMAN...EXTENDING TO THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY
93. THIS INCLUDES PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. BETWEEN 5 PM AND 630 PM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS STRUCK THE KINGMAN AREA. A TRAILER WAS BLOWN OFF ITS
FOUNDATION...WINDS OVERTURNED SEVERAL CARS...POWER LINES WERE BLOWN
DOWN...WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROOF DAMAGE AND ROOF CAVE-INS. GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL WITH AREAS OF FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED.
SETVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF LOCAL FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORM
RAINS.
VASQUEZWhat 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, 3:50 PM MST, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 1 hour 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, 1 hour 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
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 6:20 PM MST, 19 minutes before
AZZ007-080115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 620 PM MST THU SEP 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING IN FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY... THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY NEAR SAN LUIS AND SOMERTON HAVE DISSIPATED. AT 615 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTH OF SAN LUIS ACROSS THE MEXICAN BORDER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DETECTED NORTH OF MARTINEZ LAKE. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED FOR YUMA AND VICINITY...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 6:25 PM MST, 14 minutes before
AZZ007-080115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 620 PM MST THU SEP 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATING IN FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY... THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY NEAR SAN LUIS AND SOMERTON HAVE DISSIPATED. AT 615 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTH OF SAN LUIS ACROSS THE MEXICAN BORDER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DETECTED NORTH OF MARTINEZ LAKE. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS HAS ENDED FOR YUMA AND VICINITY...HOWEVER THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. 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 | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Mohave | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 5:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 61 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.