Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1998, 6:45 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 50 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
- Sep 2, 1998, 6:45 PM MST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1998, 7:35 PM MST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Paz County, AZ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139 WUUS1 KPHX 030146 RRA SVRPHX AZC012-030235- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 645 PM MST WED SEP 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 735 PM MST * AT 645 PM MST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF QUARTZSITE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE QUARTZSITE INTERSTATE 10 FROM QUARTZSITE TO EHRENBERG STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. KOCH
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, Sep 2, 2:20 PM MST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AZZALL-CAZ030>033-030700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 218 PM MST (218 PM PDT) WED SEP 2 1998 ...HURRICANE ISIS MOVING NORTH OVER GULF OF CALIFORNIA... HURRICANE ISIS WAS CENTERED OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA 75 MILES SOUTH OF LOS MOCHIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 12 MPH. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI FLORIDA IS FORECASTING HURRICANE ISIS TO TURN NORTH-NORTHWEST AND MOVE UP THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HURRICANE ISIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA BY MID DAY FRIDAY. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK AT THIS TIME. MOISTURE SPINNING OFF FROM THE HURRICANE MAY BRING AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT HURRICANE ISIS WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM OR DEPRESSION BY THE TIME SHE REACHES THE ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA BORDER. THE BEST CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT. CHECK THE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS BEFORE TRAVELLING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. CRAIG ELLIS
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:29 PM MST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-030635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 230 PM MST (230 PM PDT) WED SEP 2 1998 ...HURRICANE ISIS MOVING NORTH OVER GULF OF CALIFORNIA... HURRICANE ISIS WAS CENTERED OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA 75 MILES SOUTH OF LOS MOCHIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 12 MPH. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI FLORIDA IS FORECASTING HURRICANE ISIS TO TURN NORTH-NORTHWEST AND MOVE UP THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HURRICANE ISIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH OF YUMA BY MID DAY FRIDAY. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK AT THIS TIME. MOISTURE SPINNING OFF FROM THE HURRICANE MAY BRING AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AS EARLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT HURRICANE ISIS WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM OR DEPRESSION BY THE TIME SHE REACHES THE ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA BORDER FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY NIGHT. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS BEFORE TRAVELLING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. CRAIG ELLIS
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.