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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 8, 1997La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1997, 9:31 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 54 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: Aug 8, 1997, 9:31 PM MST (04:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 1997, 10:25 PM MST
In force: 54 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 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

233 
WUUS1 KPHX 090431
SVRPHX
AZC012-090525-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
931 PM MST FRI AUG 8 1997

*  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
   EAST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA

*  UNTIL 1025 PM MST

*  SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
   LOVE
   WENDEN
   SALOME
   HOPE
   ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 60 FROM THE LA PAZ/MARICOPA LINE TO HOPE
 
*  AT 925 PM MST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES
   SOUTHWEST OF WENDEN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO
   15 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH AND DENSE BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 5:03 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	62 min
Aug 8, 5:26 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	34 min
Aug 8, 6:40 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	65 min
Aug 8, 7:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	61 min
Aug 8, 7:42 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	78 min
Aug 8, 7:46 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	44 min
Aug 8, 8:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	75 min
Aug 8, 9:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1997 Every 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.