Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1995, 9:12 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 1995, 9:12 PM MST (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1995, 10:15 PM MST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yavapai 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 severe thunderstorm 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, Aug 14, 4:38 PM MST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AZZ007-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 438 PM MST MON AUG 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA DESERTS... AT 430 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY...AND ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN YUMA AND SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER SOUTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY WAS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVED VERY SLOWLY TO THE WEST. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF GILA BEND...EAST OF STATE ROUTE 85. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN PIMA COUNTY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTY LINE...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL AND WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG ROADWAYS AND IN NORMALLY DRY CREEK BEDS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING DUST...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOCH
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:10 PM MST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AZZ007-008-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 610 PM MST MON AUG 14 1995 AT 605 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY...PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF GILA BEND AND WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE WEST. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF SENTINEL. SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY...THEY WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF SENTINEL. THIS MAY CAUSE MANY OF THE NORMALLY DRY WASHES IN THIS AREA TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 8 AND OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE VICININTY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLE PONDING OF WATER ALONG THE ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST FROM THESE STORMS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOCH
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:11 PM MST, 3 hours 1 minute before
AZZ007-008-150230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 610 PM MST MON AUG 14 1995 AT 605 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY...PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF GILA BEND AND WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE WEST. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF SENTINEL. SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY...THEY WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RADAR DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF SENTINEL. THIS MAY CAUSE MANY OF THE NORMALLY DRY WASHES IN THIS AREA TO FLOOD. MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 8 AND OTHER ROADWAYS IN THE VICININTY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLE PONDING OF WATER ALONG THE ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION... STRONrG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST FROM THESE STORMS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES CONSIDERABLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOCH
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 7:40 PM MST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AZZ004-008-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 740 PM MST MON AUG 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME... AT 735 PM PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. STRONGEST STORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN HILLS AND OVER NORTH MESA...BUT OTHER STORMS WERE AFFECTING MUCH OF MARICOPA AND EASTERN PINAL COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR. A SPOTTER IN APACHE JUNCTION REPORTED THAT A THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA PRODUCED THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 MILES PER HOUR BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN MARICOPA AND EASTERN PINAL COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 9 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MARICOPA COUNTY AND WESTERN PINAL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GREEN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 7:42 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AZZ004-008-150400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 740 PM MST MON AUG 14 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME... AT 735 PM PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. STRONGEST STORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN HILLS AND OVER NORTH MESA...BUT OTHER STORMS WERE AFFECTING MUCH OF MARICOPA AND EASTERN PINAL COUNTIES. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR. A SPOTTER IN APACHE JUNCTION REPORTED THAT A THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA PRODUCED THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 34 MILES PER HOUR BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN MARICOPA AND EASTERN PINAL COUNTIES UNTIL AT LEAST 9 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MARICOPA COUNTY AND WESTERN PINAL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RA(DIO AND TV STATIONS...FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GREEN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:07 PM MST, 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 20 min |
| Aug 14, 6:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Yuma | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 7:43 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yuma | 77 min |
| Aug 14, 7:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yuma | 77 min |
| Aug 14, 8:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 3:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yavapai | 45 min |
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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.