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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 4:26 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1996, 4:26 PM MST (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1996, 5:25 PM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Yavapai County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:10 PM MST | Hail 1 | Prescott, AZ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 2:07 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:07 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 200 PM MST FRI JUL 26 1996 BUSY DAY AGAIN. MONSOON HAS SET IN WITH A VENGEANCE. WILL GO WITH GENERAL MONSOONAL FORECAST FORx NEXT FEW DAYS. MODEL DOING DECENT ENOUGH OF A JOB HANDLIG MOISTURE...ETC. NO REAL BIG TEMPS SWINGS TO SPEAK OF AS HEIGHTS REMAIN THE SAME. FLG 3526 INW 3502 MCGRATH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 26, 10:51 AM MST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1045 AM MST FRI JUL 26 1996
TIME(MST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
300 PM 20 MILES WNW OF HEBER AZ 5 TO 7 FUNNEL CLOUDS
07/25/96 COCONINO REPORTED NEAR CHEVELON
RANGER STATION BY FOREST
SERVICE OFFICIALS. NO
TOUCHDOWNS OR DAMAGE
REPORTED.
315 PM 20 MILES WSW OF HEBER AZ .10 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
07/25/96 COCONINO N COVERING GROUND TO A DEPTH
OF 1.5 INCHES AT WOODS
CANYON LAKE.
SJK/HPSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 2:25 PM MST, 2 hours 1 minute before
AZZ004>006-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 226 PM MST FRI JUL 26 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ABOUT NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF COCONINO COUNTY... AT 225 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERTORMS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF COCONINO COUNTY. RADAR IS DETECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE KAIBAB PLATEAU...GRAND CANYON COUNTRY AND COCONINO PLATEAU WHICH ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS WHICH MAY PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF COCONINO COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FUTURE WEATHER UPDATES. PASSETTI
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AZZ007-262350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 251 PM MST FRI JUL 26 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MINGUS MOUNTAIN...OTHER STORMS MOVING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF YAVAPAI COUNTY... AT 250 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MINGUS MOUNTAIN IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. IN ADDITION...OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY AND APPROACHING THE MCGUIREVILLE AND CAMPE VERDE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN YAVPAI COUTY...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PASSETTI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 12:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 1:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Navajo | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 1:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 2:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 3:06 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 3:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:47 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 63 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.