Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1997, 5:28 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 87 min. 2 reports 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 7, 1997, 5:28 PM MST (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1997, 6:55 PM MST
- In force
- 87 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 00:29 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 7, 5:56 PM MST | Hail 1.75 | Salome, AZ | Golf ball sized hail significantly damaged crops. |
| Aug 7, 6:00 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Salome, AZ | Wind knocked down several power lines. |
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 080028 RRA SVRPHX AZC012-080155- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 528 PM MST THU AUG 7 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 655 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED.... LOVE WENDEN SALOME HARCUVAR ALONG HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN SALOME AND AGUILA * AT 522 PM MST RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WENDEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...BLINDING DUST... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING SEMI TRUCKS ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN WENDEN AND AGUILA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND THE HAZARDS OF FLYING GLASS AND DEBRIS. VASQUEZ
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 7, 12:55 PM MST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
AZZ020>025-CAZ030>033-072145- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1250 PM MST/PDT THU AUG 7 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING HOURS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ...AND/OR...HAIL...THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE OUTLOOK AREA MOST AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS COULD ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. AN UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE PHOENIX NWS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE ISSUED AT 245 PM MST/PDT THIS AFTERNOON. ..................................................................... THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARIZONA IN CALIFORNIA MARICOPA YUMA IMPERIAL NORTHWEST PINAL LA PAZ CENTRAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE SOUTHERN GILA FRANJEVIC
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:53 PM MST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AZZ020>025-CAZ030>033-080130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 255 PM MST/PDT THU AUG 7 1997 ...THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND EVENTUALLY FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON... WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ...AND/OR...HAIL...THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS COULD ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ..................................................................... THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARIZONA n IN CALIFORNIA MARICOPA YUMA IMPERIAL NORTHWEST PINAL LA PAZ CENTRAL AND EASTERN RIVERSIDE SOUTHERN GILA FRANJEVIC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 5:14 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Pinal | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 6:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 4:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.