1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 6, 9:55 PM MST, 19 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-071045- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 955 PM MST SAT NOV 6 2004 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON SUNDAY...THEN TRACK ACROSS ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN UTAH ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. ON MONDAY...THE BEST CHANCE FOR LINGERING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL END BY TUESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND NORTH OF ARIZONA. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING SOME RECOVERY OF TEMPERATURES BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS COMING WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... PHOENIX AND GILA BEND TOPPED OUT AT 87 DEGREES TODAY...WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE WARMEST MAX TEMPS IN ARIZONA AS WELL AS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. MOST SOUTHWEST DESERT LOCALES TOPPED OUT IN THE 80-85 DEGREE RANGE. WESTERN EDGE OF A PERSISTENT CONVEYOR BELT OF MOIST TROPICAL AIR (650-300 HPA LAYER) WAS JUST EAST OF PHOENIX MOST OF THE DAY COMBINATION OF CLOUD COVER AND LIGHT SPRINKLES HELD MAX TEMP TO ONLY 62 DEGREES AT GLOBE. LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MOISTENED NOTICEABLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AZ DURING THE AFTERNOON ...WITH GPS-IPW RISING FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM. SURFACE DEW POINT VALUES ROSE AROUND 10 DEG F DURING THIS TIME...AND WERE IN THE LOW-MID 40S THIS EVENING...10-15 F HIGHER THAN FRIDAY EVENING. STRONG UPPER LOW WAS STILL SPINNING OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS EVENING...WHILE A WELL-DEFINED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE /JET STREAK...MARKED BY THE TRAILING EDGE OF MID-UPPER LEVEL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME NEAR 23N 120W...WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 KT. WEST EDGE OF THIS MOISTURE PLUME WAS SHIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN AZ...WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER ALREADY OVER MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AZ AS OF 9 PM MST...WHILE CLEAR/MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PERSISTED OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN HALF OF LA PAZ COUNTY. GIVEN INCREASE IN MID-UPPER LEVEL CLOUD COVER...AS WELL AS INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WOULD EXPECT NOTICEABLY WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AZ COMPARED TO LAST NIGHTS READINGS. COULD SEE A FEW MORNING SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES OVER SW/SCNTRL AZ MAINLY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE MOISTURE INCREASE. UPPER LOW FORECAST TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HRS...BE SITUATED NEAR SAN DIEGO BY 11 PM MST SUNDAY...THEN ACCELERATE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST...REACHING SOUTHEAST UTAH BY 11 PM MONDAY. TO BE SURE...THE LOW WILL STILL BE WELL WEST OF AZ ON SUNDAY...HOWEVER...UPWARD MOTION...AS WELL AS LOW-MID LEVEL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...WILL INCREASE NOTICEABLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL AZ DURING THE NEXT 24 HRS AS AFOREMENTIONED SUBTROPICAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WITH STRONGEST UVV FORECAST OVER SW AND W-CNTRL AZ LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. ETA/GFS MODELS FORECASTS 100 KT 300-200 HPA JET STREAK TO BE NEAR YUMA BY 5 PM SUNDAY...BE OVER WEST-CENTRAL AZ BY 5 AM MONDAY...THEN PROPAGATE ACROSS NORTHERN AZ MONDAY. MOST FAVORABLE COMBINATION OF UVV...INSTABILITY...AND MOISTURE AVAILABILITY IS EXPECTED OVER NW/W-CNTRL AND S-CNTRL AZ AS WELL AS FAR SE NV LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THE TIME/AREA WHERE PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST. ON MONDAY...THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTH CENTRAL AZ APPEARS TO HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS...AS IT IS FORECAST TO BE IN RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET...WHILE DRY SLOT PUNCHES INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL AZ FROM THE SOUTH. BEST CHANCE FOR DYNAMICALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS/STORMS OVER S-CNTRL DESERT WOULD APPEAR TO OCCUR MONDAY MORNING. MAY BUMP TONIGHTS LOW TEMPS UP A BIT OVER S-CNTRL AZ. ALSO... MIDSHIFT MAY WANT TO CONSIDER HITTING POPS (AND MAYBE QPF) A BIT HARDER OVER W-CNTRL AND S-CNTRL AZ...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTN-SUNDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...INHERITED FCST PACKAGE APPEARS TO BE IN DECENT SHAPE. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && DG
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain, up to 2 inches in 2 hours, was reported in Bouse. State highway 72 was closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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