Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Phoenix, AZ

Issued

Aug 7, 1997, 6:56 PM MST (01:56 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 1997, 7:55 PM MST

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Phoenix, AZ

Area

Whole counties

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KPHX 080155 RRA
SVRPHX
AZC012-027-080255-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
656 PM MST THU AUG 7 1997

*  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR....
   SOUTHEASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA
   NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA

*  UNTIL 755 PM MST

*  SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
   PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN BRENDA AND THE MARICOPA
   COUNTY LINE (MILE POST 69).
 
*  AT 651 PM MST WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT SEVERE
   THUNDERSTORMS OVER INTERSTATE 10 AROUND MILE POST 53.
   THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH
   AND WILL MOVE INTO THE REMOTE AREAS OF NORTHEAST YUMA
   COUNTY AFTER 710 PM.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH... AND LARGE HAIL. EARLIER
THESE STORMS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAILSTONES IN THE
TOWN OF SALOME.

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND THE HAZARDS OF FLYING GLASS AND
DEBRIS.

VASQUEZ

In the hours 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.

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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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.