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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1996, 5:45 PM MST for La Paz County, Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 55 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 22, 1996, 5:45 PM MST (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1996, 6:40 PM MST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 230044 FFWPHX AZC029-027-230145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 545 PM MST THU AUG 22 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA ...SOUTHWEST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY ...NORTHWEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CIBOLA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF WELLTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHFS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WOJCIK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 22, 1:14 PM MST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
AZZ015>026-231200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARIZONA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 115 PM MST THU AUG 22 1996 ...RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN ALL OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA... THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. ALSO...SINCE STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW AND ERRATIC...THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. SOUTHERN ARIZONA REMAINS IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING WEST AND NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN ARIZONA WILL HELP TO INITIATE SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IF YOU WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BE ALERT FOR STORMY WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO OR TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES OzR POSSIBLE WEATHER WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS. FRANJEVIC
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:47 PM MST, 58 minutes before
AZZ019-230100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 445 PM MST THU AUG 22 1996 AZZ019-230100- PHOENIX METRO AREA/CENTRAL DESERTS- .NOW... ...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST MOVING THROUGH THE EAST VALLEY... THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF THE VALLEY HAVE PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF WINDS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING DUST ACROSS THE EAST VALLEY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN 1 AND 3 MILES AT TIMES BEFORE 530 PM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN BEHIND THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE EAST VALLEY BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN BLOWING DUST AND ALLOW ENOUGH SPACE IN BETWEEN VEHICLES. WOJCIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 55 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.