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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 29, 1996Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1996, 9:06 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1996, 9:06 PM MST (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1996, 9:50 PM MST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Aug 29, 8:33 PM MST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 8:33 PM MST, 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:10 PM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
AZZ012-300010-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
407 PM MST THU AUG 29 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL IN
SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...

AT 405 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WAS IN PROGRESS AT THE FLAGSTAFF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BELLEMONT...10 MILES WEST OF
FLAGSTAFF ALONG I-40 AND WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND 1/4 TO 1/2
INCH SIZE HAIL.

DRIVERS WEST OF FLAGSTAFF ON I-40 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

SIGLER
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 5:12 PM MST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
AZZ014-300215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
510 PM MST THU AUG 29 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...

AT 510 PM MST...FLAGSTAFF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS WITH THE STRONGEST STORM BETWEEN HAWLEY AND LEE VALLEY
LAKES WITH ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALPINE. A WEATHER
SPOTTER IN ALPINE REPORTED .38 INCHES OF RAIN IN A HALF HOUR.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND A STORM APPROACHES...MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STREET
FLOODING AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN.

SIGLER
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:36 PM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AZZ007-300215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
635 PM MST THU AUG 29 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND HAIL MOVING INTO
NORTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY...

AT 630 PM MST FLAGSTAFF DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND HAIL BETWEEN JEROME, SEDONA, AND
COTTONWOOD.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND
WILL AFFECT CAMP VERDE AND MCGUIREVILLE AND HIGHWAYS 89A AND 260
BY 730 PM.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND A STORM APPROACHES, MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STREET
FLOODING AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAIN.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL NEWS SOURCES FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MEC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 8:50 PM MST, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 5:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino58 min
Aug 29, 5:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila40 min
Aug 29, 6:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo43 min
Aug 29, 6:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai48 min
Aug 29, 7:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila45 min
Aug 29, 7:50 PM MSTTornado WarningFGZGila30 min
Aug 30, 2:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai40 min
Aug 30, 3:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai30 min
Aug 30, 4:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

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