Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 1996, 7:15 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 75 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
- Sep 9, 1996, 7:15 PM MST (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1996, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPHX 100216
FFWPHX
AZC027-100330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
715 PM MST MON SEP 9 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX AZ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA
...WESTERN YUMA COUNTY
INCLUDING YUMA...SAN LUIS...GADSDEN...AND MARTINEZ LAKE...
...SOUTHWEST LA PAZ COUNTY
INCLUDING QUARTZSITE AND EHRENBERG...
STRONG STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN
YUMA AND SOUTHWEST LA PAZ COUNTIES. A SPOTTER REPORTED THREE FEET OF
WATER RUNNING THROUGH FORTUNA WASH AND WASHES WERE RUNNING ACROSS
U.S. HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH OF YUMA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN UNTIL 830 PM.
ALSO VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE HIGHWAY 95 JUST NORTH OF
QUARTZSITE SOUTHWARD.
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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT
IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.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, Sep 9, 1:28 PM MST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
AZZ015>026-101200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARIZONA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 130 PM MST MON SEP 9 1996 ...A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALSO...DENSE BLOWING DUST LOWERING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SO FAR...THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER ARIZONAS NORTHERN AND EASTERN HIGH COUNTRY...AND ALSO IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. THE AIRMASS OVER ARIZONA HAS BECOME MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS...SO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. FRANJEVIC
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:41 PM MST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
AZZ016-100300- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 338 PM MST MON SEP 9 1996 AZZ016-100300- WEST-CENTRAL DESERTS- .NOW... ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LA PAZ COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS LA PAZ COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 10...HIGHFWAY 60...AND STATE ROUTE 72 SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDENLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND.
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:40 PM MST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AZZ015-100300- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 437 PM MST MON SEP 9 1996 AZZ015-100300- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- .NOW... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM OVER YUMA AND FAR SOUTHERN LA PAZ COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH... AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN UNTIL 8 PM. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA FROM MARTINEZ LAKE TO THE MEXICO BORDER SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 6:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 6:41 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yuma | 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.