Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1996, 6:41 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 44 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, 6:41 PM MST (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1996, 7:25 PM MST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma 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 9, 1:28 PM MST, 5 hours 13 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 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 1 minute 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, 7:15 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yuma | 75 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.