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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 1996, 8:00 PM MST for La Paz County, Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 1996, 8:00 PM MST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1996, 10:00 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHX 060301
FFWPHX
AZC029-027-060500-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
800 PM MST THU SEP 5 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA
...SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY
...NORTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY
INCLUDING THE KOFA MOUNTAINS AND ALONG U.S. ROUTE 95
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN YUMA AND SOUTHERN LA
PAZ COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AT THIS TIME WAS ALONG US ROUTE
95 SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG US
ROUTE 95 ESPECIALLY IN LOW SPOTS AND DIPS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO
AVOID TRAVEL IN THIS AREA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
KINCAIDWhat 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, Sep 5, 3:32 PM MST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AZZ017-060100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 330 PM MST THU SEP 5 1996 AZZ017-060100- SOUTHWEST DESERTS-- .NOW... ...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 8 FROM NEAR YUMA TO SOUTH OF DATELAND. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THE NEXT NCOUPLE OF HOURS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 8 IN YUMA COUNTY MAY ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO RAIN AND BLOWING DUST BEFORE 6 PM. KINCAID
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:00 PM MST, 4 hours before
AZZ016-060100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 400 PM MST THU SEP 5 1996 AZZ016-060100- WEST-CENTRAL DESERTS- .NOW... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-10... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS EAST OF QUARTZSITE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF LOW VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE...ALONG WITH FLOODING. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES. SIPPLE
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:12 PM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AZZ015-016-017-060400- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 612 PM MST THU SEP 5 1996 AZZ015-016-017-060400- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-WEST-CENTRAL DESERTS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- .NOW... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS... YUMA RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF YUMA ALONG INTERSTATE 8 MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTIES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND LOW VISIBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS UNTIL AROUND 9 PM MST. OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL. SIPPLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 7:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.