The last in a series of storm systems resulted in heavy rainfall in a few areas. 30 inches on Monday.
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The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.
The last in a series of storm systems resulted in heavy rainfall in a few areas. Carefree Ranch reported a 24 hour total of 1.30 inches on Monday. The runoff from these recent rains left some low spots and highway dips flooded. Motorists who tried to cross low spots and washes in northern Maricopa County had to be rescued.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 7, 10:55 AM MST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1055 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE STATE TODAY AND THEN OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BY THIS EVENING...WITH PATCHY FOG A POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL DESERTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. A MUCH WEAKER WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY ...BUT THIS WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON OUR WEATHER. ALL IN ALL... HIGHER PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BECOME DOMINANT AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES ...ENSURING A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM... TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... LOCAL 88D RADARS SHOWING BACK EDGE OF PRECIP HAS GENERALLY CLEARED THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AT MID-MORNING...ALTHOUGH LOW CLOUDS ARE HANGING BACK OVER OUR SE CA ZONES PER SATELLITE LOOPS. THESE CLOUDS AND PRECIP REPRESENT THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE ENTIRE SW UNITED STATES THE PAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN BOTH RESPECTABLE AND BENEFICIAL ACROSS THE CWA...BUT NOTHING REALLY TO WRITE HOME ABOUT ...MOSTLY LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH...EXCEPT OVER AN INCH IN HIGHER TERRAIN...UPSLOPE AREAS. SNOW LEVEL HAS NEVER REALLY GOTTEN LOW ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE A FACTOR FOR OUR CWA...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAVING REMAINED WELL ABOVE 5500 FEET IN ZONE 24. HAVE UPDATED ZONES AND MOST SHORT TERM GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT WX. EARLIER SHIFTS THREW IN A THREAT OF FOG TONIGHT OVER THE SCNTRL PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WHICH STILL APPEARS REASONABLE. SOME OF THE FOG COULD BECOME DENSE WHAT WITH ALL THE MOISTURE AROUND AND THE RAPID CLEARING AND LIGHT WINDS WE ARE EXPECTING. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR ANY HEADLINES. AFTER TONIGHT...A MUCH WEAKER DISTURBANCE PUSHES BY TO OUR N PER LATEST MODEL RUNS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE SHOULD NOT BE MUCH OF A PLAYER IN OUR WX FOR SRN AZ/SE CA...PERHAPS PRODUCING A FEW CLOUDS OVER ZONE 24. && .LONG TERM... WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT FROM THE PACIFIC WILL MOVE EAST AND BUILD NORTH NEAR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AND EXTEND OVER OUR AREA. THIS WILL KEEP PACIFIC STORMS TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS MEANS DRIER WEATHER AND A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THEN LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHTS AND SUNNY DAYS ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED DURING THIS PERIOD. && .AVIATION... JANUARY 7 1750 GMT (JANUARY 7 1050 MST) SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE KPHX/KIWA AND VALLEY AIRFIELDS THROUGH 20-21 UTC THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH CEILINGS/ VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO 2000-2500 FEET/3-4 SM IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY LIGHT WITH AN ISOLATED GUST FROM THE SOUTHWEST UP TO 25 KTS. HOWEVER...PER WSR-88D VAD WINDS... SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE 5-10 KFT LAYER IS MUCH STRONGER (30-40 KTS). THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE MARKEDLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH VFR CONDITIONS VALLEY-WIDE. WITH AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT...THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG. TOO EARLY AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE EXACT TIMING AND REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. FOR NOW... INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS AT KPHX/KIWA EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WITH 3 SM IN FOG. FOR KYUM/KIPL/KBLH...ONLY A FEW REMAINING RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING. KYUM AND KIPL ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY...BUT KBLH MAY EXPERIENCE A PASSING SHOWER BEFORE 21 UTC. CURRENT CEILINGS NEAR 7-8 KFT SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS WILL PERSIST. AVIATION DISCUSSION IS NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .FIRE WEATHER... JANUARY 7 1040 GMT (JANUARY 7 0340 MST) THE LAST IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA BY TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVIEST IN THE EASTERN ZONES TODAY...WITH MUCH LESS RAIN WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. RAIN WILL COME TO AN END IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND ENDING IN ZONE 133 TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ON TUESDAY. RH LEVELS WILL BE GENERALLY LOWER AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S ACROSS THE DESERTS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX SHORT TERM...ESTLE LONG TERM...ELLIS AVIATION...P ROGERS FIRE WEATHER...SIPPLE/P ROGERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 459 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 AZZ021>024-026>028-080100- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 459 AM MST MON JAN 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST- CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE LAST IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL BRING SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND MAINLY TO SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA TODAY MAINLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED MAINLY IN FAVORED UPSLOPE AND HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN ACCUMULATING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREAMS...WASHES...ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED ROADS AND OTHER FLOOD AREAS. TURN AROUND AND FIND A SAFER WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ELLIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency crews rescued a 61 year old man who attempted to drive his pickup truck across Cave Creek Wash at Desert Hills Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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