Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Issued

Jul 16, 1996, 5:53 PM MST (00:53 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 1996, 8:50 PM MST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Coconino County, AZ

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KFLG 170055
FFWFLG
AZC005-017-170350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
553 PM MST TUE JUL 16 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 850 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

   ...EAST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

   ...WEST CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
INDICATING PERSISTENT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LEUPP
METEOR CITY AND WINSLOW.  RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT LOCALLY 2 AND
1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THESE STORMS DURING THE PAST
TWO HOURS.  IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF FULL WASHES HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED FROM THIS AREA.

AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOW MOVERS...MORE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY
IN THIS AREA THIS EVENING...MAKING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
OF WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS HIGH.

IF YOU ARE IN THIS AREA OF THE LI:TTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
THIS EVENING DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD
AND MOVVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PASSETTI

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 16, 2:01 PM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
200 PM MST TUE JUL 16 1996

IN SHORT TERM...COVERING SITUATION TODAY WITH FFS AND SPS PRODUCTS
AND HOLDING OFF ON FFA AS PROBLEMS LIKELY TO BE ISOLATED. SUSPECT
SCT ACTIVITY WILL LINGER ACROSS ZONES 7..12..13..14 TONIGHT AND
MAYBE INTO SOUTHERN ZONE 8 AS VORT ENERGY STRETCHES OUT ACROSS
CENTRAL PART OF STATE. ETA CARRIES THIS ENERGY NORTH WED WHICH
MAKES CENTRAL AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOOD.  IN THE MEANTIME...MAIN
TROF OVR NW PORTION OF COUNTRY FORCING SOME MID LEVEL AND POSSIBLY
PARTIAL LOW LEVEL DRYING INTO WEST. WILL NOT BUY ANYTHING LOCK AND
STOCK DUE TO NATURE OF MONSOON AND POOR MODEL VERIFICATION LATELY
FOR SUCH THINGS. WILL TREND POPS IN WEST DOWN...KEEP THEM UP FOR
NORTHCENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL WHERE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING COULD BE
PROBLEM WED/WED EVE. A LITTLE DRIER IN EXTENDED...BUT NOT
ALTOGETHER DRY ANYWHERE. TEMPS WL REBOUND A BIT BY THU. SOME
OVRNIGHT ACTIVITY TONIGHT AND WED NIGHT POSSIBLE AND WILL WORD
ACCORDINGLY.

BT

In the hours before

AZZ011-170030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
430 PM MST TUE JUL 16 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR I-40 BETWEEN METEOR CITY
AND WINSLOW...

AT 430 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE JUNCTION OF
STATE ROUTE 87 AND INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN METEOR CITY AND WINSLOW.

RADAR INDICATES THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS.

MOTORISTS TRAVELLING IN THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE
ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.  STAY TUINED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FUTURE WEATHER UPDATES.

PASSETTI

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.