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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 9, 1999La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1999, 3:59 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 9, 1999, 3:59 PM MST (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1999, 4:45 PM MST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County La Paz County, AZ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 4:15 PM MSTThunderstorm Wind 60Parker, AZPower lines down.

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 092301 RRA
SVRPHX
AZC012-092345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
359 PM MST FRI JUL 9 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA

* UNTIL 445 PM MST

* AT 355 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICKSBURG...NEAR UTTING...
  MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
  DEVELOPING NEAR AND NORTH OF BOUSE.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UTTING AT 405 PM
  STATE ROUTE 72 AT 405 PM

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GZO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

DG

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.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA/SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
245 PM MST FRI JUL 9 1999

.SYNOPSIS...
THE FLOW OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE DESERTS THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THUS...THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL STRENGTHEN SOMEWHAT FOR A WARMER
TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND.

.DISCUSSION...
IR IMAGERY SHOWING ACTIVE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST U.S. STRONGEST STORMS SO FAR IN OUR CWA ARE OVER JOSHUA
TREE NP. WITH SUCH HIGH PWATER AND LIGHT FLOW...MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE STORMS IS HEAVY RAIN. HAVE ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR SW MARICOPA COUNTY AND NC RIVERSIDE UNTIL 5 PM MST/PDT.

HIGH TO STRENGTHEN A BIT FOR WARMER TEMPS OVER THE WEEKEND. FLOW OVER
OUR AREA TO BECOME MORE EAST TO NORTHEAST FOR MORE FAVORABLE DRIFT OF
STORMS OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ETA SHOWS THIS DIRECTIONAL CHANGE
OCCURRING BY SUNDAY MORNING WHILE AVN BRINGS IT IN EARLIER. LEFT POPS
IN SOUTHWEST DESERTS/SE CAL BECAUSE OF LACK OF DISTINCT DRYING TREND.
PHOENIX CWA SHOULD SEE MOST FAVORABLE FLOW BY SUNDAY...IF NOT
EARLIER. OTHERWISE...TYPICAL MONSOON FORECAST.

JAMISON

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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.