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Flash Flood — La Paz, AZ

Dec 24, 2016

Very heavy rainfall developed across portions of northern La Paz county during the morning hours on December 24th; peak rainfall rates in excess of one inch per hour were noted near the town of Parker. Heavy rains began shortly after 0700MST and continued past 0900MST. Trained weather spotters reported that the heavy rain caused flooding of roads around Parker, including highway 95 between Parker and Quartzsite and washes were reported to be running. Trained storm spotters in the Parker area rep

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 664564). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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