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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Phoenix, AZ
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 12:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 4 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 50 min |
| Oct 27, 2:41 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.