Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1997, 9:51 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 28, 1997, 9:51 PM MST (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1997, 10:45 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 04:55 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 28, 10:15 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Salome, AZ | Thunderstorms produced damaging winds which knocked down some trees near Salome. |
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 290450 RRA SVRPHX AZC012-290545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 951 PM MST THU AUG 28 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 1045 PM MST * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HOPE HARCUVAR SALOME STATE ROUTE 60 * AT 950 PM MST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF HOPE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN 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 28, 7:46 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 7:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 59 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.