Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 3:13 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1995, 3:13 PM MST (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1995, 4:15 PM MST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yavapai County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Winslow (Autob), AZ (KINW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 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 162221 SVRPHX AZC025-162315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 313 PM MST TUE MAY 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA ...CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY...INCLUDING PRESCOTT AND PRESCOTT VALLEY. AT 315 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY NEAR PRESCOTT AND PRESCOTT VALLEY. LARGE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH ONE OF THE STORMS IN PRESCOTT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH, DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. JD/AH
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, May 16, 12:09 PM MST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AZZ008-007-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1205 PM MST TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL DESERTS... AT 1200 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL DESERTS OF ARIZONA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM JUST WEST OF THE PHOENIX AREA WEST TO NEAR GILA BEND AND VICKSBURG. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN LAVEEN AND THE ESTRELLA MOUNTAINS. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. PERSONS NEAR LAVEEN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THEIR AREA. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JD
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:49 PM MST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AZZ008-007-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1245 PM MST TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1235 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM AROUND SUN CITY AND GLENDALE SOUTH TO NEAR LAVEEN. THE STRONGEST STORM MOVED THROUGH THE GLENDALE AREA PRODUCING SOME BRIEF RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. THIS STORM HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES AND WAS LOCATED OVER PORTIONS NORTH-CENTRAL PHOENIX ALONG INTERSTATE 17. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JD
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:42 PM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AZZ008-007-004-162130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 140 PM MST TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO CROSS PORTIONS OF ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON... AT 130 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ARIZONA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE NORTH OF KINGMAN SOUTHEAST TO NEAR SAFFORD. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN YAVAPAI AND FAR NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTIES BETWEEN CROWN KING AND CAVE CREEK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AREA. JD
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:13 PM MST, 0 minutes before
AZZ004-008-007-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 310 PM MST TUE MAY 16 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY... AT 255 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY PRESCOTT VALLEY...BAGDAD AND CROWN KING. A STORM SPOTTER IN PRESCOTT VALLEY REPORTED WINDS ESTIMATED AT 40 TO 45 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AT 245 PM MST. ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS...PEA-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN PRESCOTT AT 3 PM MST BY OFFICIALS AT THE CITY WATER TREATMENT PLANT. STORMS ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY WERE GENERALLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 44 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.