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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 27, 1997La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1997, 1:16 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 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 27, 1997, 1:16 PM MST (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 1997, 2:15 PM MST
In force: 59 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 20:20 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.

000 
TTAA00 KPHX 272016 RRA
SVRPHX
AZC012-272115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
116 PM MST WED AUG 27 1997

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

*  UNTIL 215 PM MST

*  SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
   VICKSBURG
   VICKSBURG JUNCTION
   HOPE
   SALOME
   HARCUVAR
   BOUSE
   INTERSTATE 10 EAST OF QUARTZSITE
 
*  AT 115 PM MST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
   NEAR BOUSE AND VICKSBURG JUNCTION.  MOVEMENT WAS TO
   THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 5:17 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Yuma	63 min
Aug 27, 3:12 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.