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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm 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
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, 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 | Flash Flood 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.