Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1997, 5:27 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 5, 1997, 5:27 PM MST (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1997, 6:30 PM MST
- In force
- 63 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 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:30 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Bouse, AZ | Roofs were blown off garages, and tin sheds were blown around. |
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.
799 WUUS1 KPHX 060028 RRA SVRPHX AZC012-060130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 527 PM MST TUE AUG 5 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 630 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BOUSE VICKSBURG HOPE * AT 525 PM MST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOUSE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS 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, Aug 5, 12:39 PM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AZZ025-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1239 PM MST TUE AUG 5 1997 ...TEST TEST TEST...BIG WEATHER IN STORE.... FORTY FIVE TORNADOS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE PHOENIX METRO AREA TOMORROW...COURTESY OF A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND PARK ITSELF OVER ARIZONA. TEST TEST TEST TEST
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:40 PM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AZZ025-052045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1239 PM MST TUE AUG 5 1997 ...TEST TEST TEST...BIG WEATHER IN STORE.... FORTY FIVE TORNADOS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE PHOENIX METRO AREA TOMORROW...COURTESY OF A MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND PARK ITSELF OVER ARIZONA. TEST TEST TEST TEST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 8:09 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yuma | 81 min |
| Aug 5, 8:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yuma | 81 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.