Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1996, 4:21 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 89 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 1996, 4:21 PM MST (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1996, 5:50 PM MST
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, 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.
NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 2:09 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:09 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 200 PM MST WED AUG 14 1996 TSTMS ARE STARTING TO POP GENERALLY FROM GCN SEWD TO THE WHITE MTNS. GETTING REALLY BUSY WILL MAKE THIS SHORT. INCREASED POPS ON FIRST PERIOD WHERE TSTMS ARE AND IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR MOVEMENT. STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. THESE TSTMS SHOULD PREVAIL UP AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CW4A. HOT WEATHER AND AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE BUT GENERALLY LIMITED UP TO SCT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL STAY A LITTLE WARMER WITH THE ADDED MOISTURE. FLG 22-2 INW --0- HP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:28 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AZZ013-142130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 128 PM MST WED AUG 14 1996 ...GROWING THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN GILA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 125 PM MST...FLAGSTAFF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A GROWING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YOUNG. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST...AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE PASSING OVER STATE HIGHWAY 288 IN THE SIERRA ANCHAS MOUNTAINS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM HAS REACHED ALMOST ONE INCH DURING THE PAST HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. PEREZ
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:17 PM MST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AZZ006-007-142320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 217 PM MST WED AUG 14 1996 ...LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST COCONINO COUNTY TO THE VERDE VALLEY... AT 210 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING YAVAPAI COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM HIGHWAY 18...IN THE HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION...THROUGH NORTHERN CHINO VALLEY...AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO THE VERDE VALLEY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ASH FORK AND CLARKDALE. THIS LINE SHOULD APPROACH PAULDEN BY 315 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU ARE IN THJIS AREA...BE PREPARED FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEREZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 75 min |
| Aug 14, 3:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 90 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.