Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1996, 6:05 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 5, 1996, 6:05 PM MST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1996, 7:10 PM MST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gila County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHX 060107
FFWPHX
AZC007-060210-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
605 PM MST FRI JUL 5 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM MST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA
...SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY
INCLUDING GLOBE AND MIAMI
AT 600 PM MST...PHOENIX DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES EAST OF GLOBE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10
MILES PER HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS OR APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED HIGHWAYS. MOST FLASH FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
WOJCIKWhat 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, Jul 5, 1:00 PM MST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AZZ015-017>018-021-061200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 100 PM MST FRI JUL 5 1996 ...A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI INDICATED THAT THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS OUT AND ABOUT IN FAR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ARE URGED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. IF THREATENING LOOKING WEATHER APPROACHS YOUR AREA...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. FRANJEVIC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 65 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.