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Flash Flood — Yuma, AZ

Sep 8, 2015

Moisture had started to increase across portions of southwest Arizona on September 8th ahead of Hurricane Linda, which was still well off to the south of Arizona. The ample amounts of moisture combined with elevated instability and upper level wind values allowed for scattered thunderstorms to form over southwest Arizona during the afternoon and evening hours. Some of the storms generated gusty and damaging winds around Yuma, sufficient to down trees and power poles. During the evening hours, ve

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 597474). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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