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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

January 4, 2005Yuma County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 2005, 12:45 AM MST for Yuma County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2005, 12:45 AM MST (07:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2005, 3:00 AM MST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yuma County, AZ

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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 040745
FFWPSR
AZC027-041000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1245 AM MST TUE JAN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN YUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YUMA...SOMERTON...FORTUNA FOOTHILLS 
  AND STATE ROUTE 95

* UNTIL 300 AM MST

* AT 1240 AM MST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR YUMA NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 95. AT 1230 
AM...YUMA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT STREET FLOODING WAS 
SUFFICIENT FOR BARRICADES TO BE PLACED AT 46TH STREET AND FOOTHILLS 
BOULEVARD...AND AT SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD AND TEN AND A QUARTER 
EAST...BOTH IN THE YUMA FOOTHILLS AREA. 

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 230 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO 
ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ON HIGHWAY 95 FROM 
DOME TO NEAR THE LA PAZ COUNTY LINE WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER FLOODING 
IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. 
ALSO...MOTORISTS IN AND NEAR YUMA WILL ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS. 

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. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN THE DEPTH OR FLOW RATE OF 
WATER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 

LAT...LON 3252 11479 3243 11450 3244 11425 3338 11397
      3341 11424 3302 11425 3300 11441 3282 11449
      3273 11459 3270 11468

$$

DG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 4, 12:01 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Gila	119 min
Jan 4, 3:00 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Yuma	2 hr
Jan 4, 5:05 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Yuma	115 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.