Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Apr 18, 1995, 3:45 PM MST (22:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 18, 1995, 4:50 PM MST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Yuma County, AZ

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TTAA00 KPHX 182251
SVRPHX
AZC027-182350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
345 PM MST TUE APR 18 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA

  ...SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY
     INCLUDING YUMA

AT 345 PM STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING
ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER BETWEEN MARTINEZ LAKE AND SAN LUIS. 
INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING, AND VERY HEZAVY RAIN.  IF
THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION, BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

GREEN

In the hours before

AZZ001-004-007-182300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
250 PM MST TUE APR 18 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA...

AT 245 PM PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARIZONA.  STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
QUARTZSITE AND WENDEN IN LA PAZ COUNTY...AND NEAR YUMA IN FAR
SOUTHWEST YUMA COUNTY.  INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT YUMA...LA PAZ...AND
SOUTHWEST YAVAPAI COUNTIES BETWEEN 250 AND 4 PM.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BUT
SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND INTENSE LIGHTNING ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

GREEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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