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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 5, 2001Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2001, 1:34 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2001, 1:34 PM MST (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2001, 2:15 PM MST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2001-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2001-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KFGZ 052037
SVRFLG

AZC005-025-052115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
134 PM MST THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN ARIZONA
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN ARIZONA

* UNTIL 215 PM MST

* AT 134 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES EAST OF RIMROCK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  EAST OF CAMP VERDE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OR PASS CLOSE TO...
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIMROCK...4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MONTEZUMA
  AT 215 PM MST

WET BEAVER CREEK WILL CARRY RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM. AVOID THESE 
AREAS AS WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY RISE... 
THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.

LAT...LON 3466 11181 3453 11175 3467 11142 3480 11155

MAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino41 min
Jul 4, 9:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai27 min
Jul 5, 11:50 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino35 min
Jul 5, 12:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai43 min
Jul 5, 1:58 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai2 hr
Jul 5, 2:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai47 min
Jul 5, 3:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila52 min
Jul 5, 4:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila39 min
Jul 5, 4:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

Sources

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