Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 1998, 1:46 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 25, 1998, 1:46 PM MST (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 1998, 2:35 PM MST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 1:51 PM MST | Hail 1 | Mormon Lake, AZ | |
| Oct 25, 1:51 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 62 | Mormon Lake, AZ | Thunderstorm winds estimated in excess of 70 mph snapped cleanly numerous pine trees with 36 inch diameters and lengths up to 87 feet in the Gash Mountain area. The height of the breaks ranged from 2 feet to 30 feet AGL. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 7:39 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 31 min |
| Oct 25, 8:15 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Navajo | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 10:50 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 40 min |
| Oct 25, 3:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 4:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.