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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1997, 3:12 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 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, 3:12 PM MST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1997, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 48 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 22:12 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.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 272213 RRA SVRPHX AZC012-272300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 312 PM MST WED AUG 27 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 400 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED QUARTZSITE INTERSTATE 10 AND STATE ROUTE 95 NEAR QUARTZSITE * AT 310 PM MST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE. MOVEMENTf WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
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 27, 2:52 PM MST, 20 minutes before
AZZ020>025-CAZ030>033-281130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 245 PM MST/PDT WED AUG 27 1997 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARICOPA...YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES IN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOIST AIR CONTINUING OVER ARIZONA THE MAIN MOISTURE FETCH HAS SHIFTED TO WESTERN ARIZONA. THIS IS NOTICABLE IN THE DEW POINTS WHICH WERE IN THE LOW 70S OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA WHEREAS THEY WERE ONLY IN THE 60S IN THE CENTRAL DESERTS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER WESTERN ARIZONA IS ALSO VERY UNSTABLE. THESE FACTORS ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CAUSE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH MAY BE PRESENT WITH A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. BUT THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...RESULTING IN ROADWAY FLOODING...AND FILLING NORMALLY DRY WASHES. .................................................................... FOR PURPOSES OF THIS OUTLOOK...SEVERE WEATHER REFERS TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH RESULTS IN RUNNING WASHES OR FLOODING. THE OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN ARIZONA IN CALIFORNIA MARICOPA IMPERIAL SOUTHERN GILA CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST PINAL YUMA LA PAZ ....................................................................
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, 1:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.