Alert archive / California / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1998, 5:22 PM PDT for Imperial County, California. 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 8, 1998, 5:22 PM PDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1998, 6:10 PM PDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Imperial County, CA
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 8, 3:10 PM PDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-090240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 310 PM MST (310 PM PDT) SAT AUG 8 1998 ...DEEP MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANK MAY LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY... A TROPICAL STORM OFF THE COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA...MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO SEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. TROPICAL STORM FRANK WAS PRESENTLY LOCATED OFF THE LOWER BAJA COAST AND WAS MOVING NORTHWARD. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK UP THE BAJA COAST TO NEAR PUNTA EUGENIA BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...AND THEN WEAKEN AND CURVE NORTHWESTWARD OUT TO SEA. THE TROPICAL STORM ITSELF IS NOT EXPECTED TO THREATEN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA OR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA... HOWEVER DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM IS EXCPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SOME MOISTURE INCREASE IS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM. THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES IN. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON SUNDAY IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR PHOENIX...WESTWARD TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE AREAS EXPECTED TO BE SUBJECT TO THE GREATEST RISK OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING INCLUDE THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE IMPERIAL VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER...AREAS AS FAR EAST AS PHOENIX COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. AGAIN...TROPICAL STORM FRANK IS NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA OR SOUTHWEST ARIZONA DIRECTLY. HOWEVER...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA...RESULTING IN HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. STAY TUNED FOR FURTH ER UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE REQUIRED AT A LATER TIME AS THE DEEPER MOISTURE MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 61 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.