Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 6:28 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 29, 2000, 6:28 PM MST (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2000, 7:15 PM MST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Paz County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Parker, AZ | Power poles blown down near Route 72 and McVay roads. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
667 WUUS55 KPSR 300128 SVRPHX AZC012-300215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 628 PM MST THU JUN 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA * UNTIL 715 PM MST * AT 625 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK... MOVING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... OPEN TERRAIN BETWEEN THE BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS AND HARCUVAR MOUNTAINS ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK...AND ALAMO DAM ROAD RAWHIDE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS AREA DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS CB
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 Jun 29, 3:00 PM MST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:00 PM MST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-300545- SOUTHWEST ARIZONA/SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 300 PM MST THU JUN 29 2000 .SYNOPSIS... SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA WILL BE UNDER A RELATIVELY LOW PRESSURE AREA ALOFT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA. THIS RESULTS IN A NORTHEAST WIND ABOVE SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...ALLOWING STORMS TO MOVE OVER THAT AREA FROM THE HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHERN ARIZONA...AND A SOUTHWEST WIND ABOVE SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...WITH ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THERE FAILING TO REACH THE DESERTS. MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. .DISCUSSION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE AZ PORTION OF THE PHX CWA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PROPAGATE SWWD OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE N AND NE OF CWA. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE ...BUT CHANCES DECREASE GREATLY GOING W. THEREFORE...USING SCATTERED TERMINOLOGY FOR ERN PARTS...DWINDLING TO SLIGHT CHANCE BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE COLORADO RIVER. AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE AND MOISTURE IS CERTAINLY NOT LACKING...WITH DEWPOINTS ON THE DESERTS IN THE 60S AND IN 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS. REGION REMAINS IN RELATIVE LOW PRESSURE AREA ALOFT BETWEEN HIGH CELLS OVER NW AZ AND NRN MEX. FLOW MOSTLY NELY ACROSS AZ PORTION OF CWA...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE FAR W TO SWLY OVER SERN CA. NELY STEERING WIND EXPECTED TO BRING STORMS OFF HIGHER TERRAIN OF NRN AZ TO S-CNTRL AND SW DESERTS THIS EVE. P-WATER REMAINS OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. UPPER-LEVEL DIFLUENCE IN COL OVER THE AREA TO AID IN ALLOWIING GOOD VERTICAL STRUCTURE TO STORMS MOVING OVER AREA. EXTENDED PERIOD CALLS FOR SOME DRYING IN THE WRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS TROUGH PUSHES IN A BIT...BUT ERN PORTIONS MAY BE IN FOR TROUBLE AS TROUGH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DYNAMICS TO ACT ON AN ALREADY IN PLA~CE MOISTURE FIELD. DO NOT BELIEVE TROUGH WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH FAR ENOUGH EWD TO DRY OUT THE ERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WILT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:01 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AZZ020>028-292345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 301 PM MST THU JUN 29 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 514 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...VALID UNTIL 800 PM MST TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES LA PAZ...MARICOPA... GILA...PINAL AND YUMA COUNTIES. CITIES IN THE SEVERE WEATHER WATCH INCLUDE THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...GLOBE...SUPERIOR... FLORENCE...CASA GRANDE...GILA BEND...YUMA...EHRENBERG...PARKER AND QUARTZSITE. THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN GILA AND NORTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL...AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...MORE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF PHOENIX BETWEEN GILA BEND AND YUMA...AS WELL AS THE AREA FROM WICKENBURG WEST TO PARKER. AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...GO INDOORS. DO NOT DRIVE IN FLOODED ROADS. DNR
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:39 PM MST, 49 minutes before
AZZ028-AZZ023-300125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 539 PM MST THU JUN 29 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MARICOPA COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 535 PM MST TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA SOUTH OF FLORENCE JUNCTION...NEAR FLORENCE...HAVE WEAKENED. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY CONTINUE OVER THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM MST. LW
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:08 PM MST, 20 minutes before
AZZ020>028-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 608 PM MST THU JUN 29 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR GILA...MARICOPA...PINAL...LA PAZ...AND YUMA COUNTIES...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOWER DESERTS BY 800 PM TONIGHT. EARLY THIS EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST LA PAZ...NORTH MARICOPA COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY...SETTING THE STAGE FOR GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AS THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...EXPECT BLOWING OF DUST...WHICH MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A VIEW HUNDRED FEET. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...CAPABLE OF CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND BE A DANGER TO THOSE OUT OF DOORS. GO INDOORS AS THE STORMS APPROACH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE WASHES TO RUN WITH WATER...FLOODING SOME ROADS. AVOID FLOODED ROADS. DNR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 32 min |
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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.