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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 1, 1996Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1996, 10:40 PM MST for Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 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: Sep 1, 1996, 10:40 PM MST (05:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 1, 1996, 11:40 PM MST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gila County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 1, 8:33 PM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 8:33 PM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 12:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	47 min
Sep 2, 1:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	59 min
Sep 2, 3:05 PM MST	Tornado Warning	FGZ	Coconino	25 min
Sep 2, 3:30 PM MST	Tornado Warning	FGZ	La Paz	30 min
Sep 2, 3:40 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila, Navajo	50 min
Sep 2, 4:01 PM MST	Tornado Warning	FGZ	Coconino	29 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache	41 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Navajo	41 min
Sep 2, 4:40 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1996 Every 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.