Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 10:26 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1995, 10:26 PM MST (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1995, 11:30 PM MST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maricopa County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 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
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, Sep 6, 7:10 PM MST, 3 hours 16 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, 3 hours 8 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, 3 hours 6 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, 3 hours 4 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, 8:09 PM MST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AZZ008-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 809 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY NEAR CASA GRANDE...ELOY...AND COOLIDGE... WEATHER RADAR AT 810 PM DETECTED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF CASA GRANDE...ELOY...AND COOLIDGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPANDING...INTENSIFYING...AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY...AND MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR CASA GRANDE SHOULD BE ALERT LOW VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN... AND STRONG BUFFETING WINDS. VASQUEZ
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:15 PM MST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
AZZ008-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 809 PM MST WED SEP 6 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY NEAR CASA GRANDE...ELOY...AND COOLIDGE... WEATHER RADAR AT 810 PM DETECTED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF CASA GRANDE...ELOY...AND COOLIDGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPANDING...INTENSIFYING...AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY...AND MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10 NEAR CASA GRANDE SHOULD BE ALERT LOW VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN... AND STRONG BUFFETING WINDS. VASQUEZ
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 | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 70 min |
| 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 7, 4:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1995Every severe thunderstorm 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.