Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 4:15 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1997, 4:15 PM MST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 45 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 23:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 4:15 PM MST | Hail 0.75 | Tacna, AZ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 272315 RRA SVRPHX AZC027-280000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 415 PM MST SUN JUL 27 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA * UNTIL 500 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED TACNA ROLL COLFRED * AT 413 PM MST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TACNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. P STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
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, Jul 27, 2:44 PM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AZZ020>025-CAZ030>033-280130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 245 PM MST/PDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE AIR MASS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA REMAINS RELATIVELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER MARICOPA...SOUTHERN GILA...NORTHWEST PINAL...LA PAZ...AND EASTERN YUMA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH AND RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES IN DENSE BLOWING DUST. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PRESENT OVER WESTERN YUMA... IMPERIAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTIES AS THE AIRMASS IS TOO DRY TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .................................................................... THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARIZONA IN CALIFORNIA MARICOPA YUMA IMPERIAL SOUTHERN GILA LA PAZ CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST PINAL
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.