Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1996, 7:00 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 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 5, 1996, 7:00 PM MST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 1996, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Maricopa 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 1:10 PM MST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:32 PM MST, 3 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, 3 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, 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, 8:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 2 hr |
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.