Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Issued

Jul 9, 2001, 4:45 PM MST (23:45 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 2001, 5:15 PM MST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Coconino County, AZ

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS55 KFGZ 092347
SVRFLG

AZC005-017-100015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
445 PM MST MON JUL 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COCONINO COUNTY IN ARIZONA
  WEST CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN ARIZONA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINSLOW

* UNTIL 515 PM MST

* AT 445 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WINSLOW...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OR PASS CLOSE TO...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINSLOW AT 455 PM MST

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE INCH ARE LIKELY IN A SHORT PERIOD WITH 
THIS STORM. CLEAR CREEK AND SALT CREEK SOUTH OF WINSLOW MAY HAVE 
INCREASED FLOW WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3510 11061 3465 11065 3476 11089 3522 11g085
$$

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 2:40 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
240 PM MST MON JUL 09 2001

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS
NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH THE PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK. BY
LATE IN THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL
DEVELOP WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONFINED MAINLY TO THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE STATE.

.DISCUSSION...PULSE TYPE TSTORMS FIRING ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ATTM. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW EXPECTED TO
REMAIN OVER MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH MIDWEEK. NEXT FEATURE OF
INTEREST FOR THE SHORT TERM IS THE INVERTED TROF MOVING WEST OUT OF
THE BIG BEND AREA TOWARD SE AZ TODAY. PREFER AVN SOLUTION WITH THIS
FEATURE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS...BUT SATIMG SUGGESTS THIS
FEATURE IS FURTHER NORTH THAN ANALYZED. AVN MOVES THIS FEATURE
WESTWARD...THEN NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AZ TOMORROW FOR AN INCREASE
IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. FOR THE EXTENDED...TROF IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC COMES INTO PLAY AFTER MIDWEEK WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW MAKING A
PRESENCE INTO THE WESTERN CWA BY THURSDAY. SOME DRYING EXPECTED IN
WESTERN PART OF THE CWA BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AS WEST COAST TROF MOVES
ON SHORE. WILL CARRY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS ON THURSDAY...THEN
CONTINUE DRY FORECAST FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA AND SHOWERS IN
THE EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TW

.FGZ...NONE.

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

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.