Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1997, 6:06 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 119 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 17, 1997, 6:06 PM MST (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1997, 8:05 PM MST
- In force
- 119 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 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 180108 FFWPHX AZC012-180305- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 606 PM MST SUN AUG 17 1997 * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 805 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED VICKSBURG SALOME WENDEN US 60 WEST OF AGUILAR STATE HIGHWAY 72 SOUTHEAST OF BOUSE * AT 600 PM MST RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR DURING THE PAST HOUR IN THE HARCUVAR MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY. WASHES FROM THESE MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE FILLING WITH WATER. AS A RESULT...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE WARNING LOCATIONS.
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, Aug 17, 3:04 PM MST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AZZ020>025-CAZ030>033-172145- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 245 PM MST/PDT SUN AUG 17 1997 ...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS ARE STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE YUMA...LA PAZ...FAR EASTERN IMPERIAL (IN FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA) ...MARICOPA...SOUTHERN GILA...AND PINAL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH... AND/OR HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA HAS BECOME VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL HELP TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AT 230 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING WERE REPORTED IN CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD WEST AND SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE COLORADO RIVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH WIND GUST POTENTIAL...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM RAINS COULD LEAD TO FLOOD...FLASH FLOODING...OR THE PONDING OF WATER. TODAY WILL BE A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER DAY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA. RESIDENTS...MOTORISTS...AND OTHERS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES IN THE EVENT WEATHER WATCHES... WARNINGS...OR ADVISORIES ARE NEEDED. ................................................................... . THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARIZONA IN CALIFORNIA MARICOPA...YUMA IMPERIAL SOUTHERN GILA...LA PAZ CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST PINAL VASQUEZ
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.