Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 5, 1997Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 1997, 8:09 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 81 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
Aug 5, 1997, 8:09 PM MST (03:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1997, 9:30 PM MST
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Yuma County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 5:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz63 min
Aug 5, 6:03 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa57 min
Aug 5, 6:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa57 min
Aug 5, 8:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma81 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.