Alert archive / Arizona / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1998, 8:06 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 23, 1998, 8:06 PM MST (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1998, 10:10 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yuma County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHX 240307 FFWPHX AZC027-240510- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 806 PM MST SUN AUG 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA * UNTIL 1010 PM MST * AT 8 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES AN HOUR ALONG U.S. ROUTE 95 ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE. AS A RESULT FLASFH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNING LOCATION. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE U.S. ROUTE 95 SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE PALM CANYON ROAD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 23, 2:08 PM MST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 208 PM MST SUN AUG 23 1998 AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-240600- MARICOPA-SOUTHERN GILA-NORTHWEST PINAL-YUMA-LA PAZ-IMPERIAL- CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK- ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEST OF THE PHOENIX AREA IN MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY AND LAPAZ COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH-FLOOD-PRONE AREAS WILL BE AT RISK. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND BLOWING DUST...HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN. ********************************************************************* HAZARDOUS WEATHER REFERS TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING... 1) LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OR FLOODING 2) SAND OR DUST STORM REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS 3) DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH 4) HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER CHECK THE PHOENIX STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR MORE INFORMATION. WILT
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 2:08 PM MST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 208 PM MST SUN AUG 23 1998 AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-240600- MARICOPA-SOUTHERN GILA-NORTHWEST PINAL-YUMA-LA PAZ-IMPERIAL- CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK- ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEST OF THE PHOENIX AREA IN MARICOPA COUNTY...NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY AND LAPAZ COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH-FLOOD-PRONE AREAS WILL BE AT RISK. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND BLOWING DUST...HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN. ********************************************************************* HAZARDOUS WEATHER REFERS TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING... 1) LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OR FLOODING 2) SAND OR DUST STORM REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS 3) DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH 4) HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER CHECK THE PHOENIX STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR MORE INFORMATION. WILT
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.