Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

October 22, 1998Coconino County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 1998, 2:55 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 22, 1998, 2:55 PM MST (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 1998, 3:25 PM MST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Coconino County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 22, 3:00 PM MSTHail 1.75Meteor City, AZSnow plows were enlisted to remove the hail from Interstate 40.

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 3:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino28 min
Oct 22, 3:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.