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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 27, 2000La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Oct 27, 2000, 9:00 AM MST for La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2000, 9:00 AM MST (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2000, 2:00 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 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 271601
FFWPSR
AZC012-013-272200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
900 AM MST FRI OCT 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
  EASTERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA

* UNTIL 300 PM MST

* AT 900 AM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY AND EASTERN LA PAZ
  COUNTY.  RAINFALL OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.

* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...
  VICKSBURG JUNCTION...
  HARCUVAR...
  AGUILA...
  SALOME...
  TONOPAH...
  WENDEN...
  GLADDEN...
  AND CENTENNIAL WASH.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CENTENNIAL WASH AND OTHER WASHES...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...
INCLUDING ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PHOENIX.

LAT...LON 3341 11376 3332 11298 3399 11282 3420 11370

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 12:50 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa4 hr
Oct 27, 2:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa50 min
Oct 27, 2:41 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal49 min

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.