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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 22, 2000, 3:01 AM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 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
- Oct 22, 2000, 3:01 AM MST (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2000, 6:00 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPSR 221000 FFWPSR AZC012-221400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 301 AM MST SUN OCT 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 700 AM MST * AT 245 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY. CENTENNIAL WASH WAS REPORTED TO BE RAPIDLY RISING...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE WENDEN AND SALOME AREAS. * THOSE THAT LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR CENTENNIAL WASH...SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 8:21 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 99 min |
| Oct 21, 11:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
| Oct 22, 1:07 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 6:38 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.