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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Phoenix, AZ

December 21, 1997La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Dec 21, 1997, 5:53 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 67 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: Dec 21, 1997, 5:53 PM MST (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 1997, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Whole counties

County La Paz County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHX 220055
FFWPHX
AZC012-220200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
553 PM MST SUN DEC 21 1997

*  FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
   EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA

*  UNTIL 700 PM MST

*  SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
   BOUSE
   WENDEN
   BRENDA
   SALOME
   I-10 EAST OF QUARTZSITE
 
*  AT 540 MST THE LA PAZ COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING HAD CLOSED HIGHWAY 72 NEAR BOUSE AND HIGHWAY 95 SOUTH OF
QUARTZSITE TO STONE CABIN. IN ADDITION...INTENSE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH
IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERING INTERSTATE 10 EAST OF
QUARTZSITE. STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA UNTIL 710 PM. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF >YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

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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, Dec 21, 2:43 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AZZALL-221130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
245 PM MST SUN DEC 21 1997

...HOLIDAY WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR ARIZONA CHRISTMAS DAY...

A COLD WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BE OVER THE STATE ON CHRISTMAS
DAY...AND FRIDAY. AS A RESULT SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY...WITH A
CHANCE OF DESERT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW BOTH DAYS. OVERNIGHT LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS IN THE MOUNTAINS...TO THE LOWER OR MIDDLE
40S AT THE WARMER DESERT LOCATIONS. AFTERNOON HIGHS CHRISTMAS DAY
WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO AROUND 60 ON
THE DESERT...PROBABLY A FEW DEGREES COOLER FRIDAY.

PERFREMENT

Special weather statement, Dec 21, 2:45 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

AZZALL-221130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
245 PM MST SUN DEC 21 1997

...HOLIDAY WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR ARIZONA CHRISTMAS DAY...

A COLD WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BE OVER THE STATE ON CHRISTMAS
DAY...AND FRIDAY. AS A RESULT SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY...WITH A
CHANCE OF DESERT RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW BOTH DAYS. OVERNIGHT LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS IN THE MOUNTAINS...TO THE LOWER OR MIDDLE
40S AT THE WARMER DESERT LOCATIONS. AFTERNOON HIGHS CHRISTMAS DAY
WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS TO AROUND 60 ON
THE DESERT...PROBABLY A FEW DEGREES COOLER FRIDAY.

PERFREMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 21, 5:53 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.