Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1997, 4:58 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 30, 1997, 4:58 PM MST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1997, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 62 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 00:02 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.
588 WUUS1 KPHX 302359 RRA SVRPHX AZC012-310100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 458 PM MST WED JUL 30 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 600 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BOUSE WALL * AT 458 MST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOUSE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER 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 30, 2:46 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AZZ020>025-CAZ030>033-310130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 245 PM MST/PDT WED JUL 30 1997 ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... IS0LATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR NORTHERN MARICOPA COUNTY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL ...GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR SPREADING OVER THE AREA...AND TEMPERATURES ABOUT THE SAME AS YESTERDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. .................................................................... THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARIZONA IN CALIFORNIA MARICOPA YUMA IMPERIAL SOUTHERN GILA LA PAZ CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST PINAL SIPPLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 9:43 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1997Every severe thunderstorm 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.