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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

June 21, 2001Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 5:28 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 21, 2001, 5:28 PM MST (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2001, 6:00 PM MST
In force
32 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 00:00Z on 2001-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KFGZ 220030
SVRFLG

AZC005-025-220100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
528 PM MST THU JUN 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM MST

* AT 528 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF SEDONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OR PASS CLOSE TO...MORMON LAKE
  AT 545 PM MST

LARGE HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER 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.

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

LAT...LON 3474 11166 3466 11157 3485 11124 3499 11139

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 Jun 21, 2:30 PM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:30 PM MST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST THU JUN 21 2001

SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY TO AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS INTO NEXT WEEK. EXPECT TEMPERATURES
TO AT OR NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.

DISCUSSION...CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN FIRING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA. AS EXPECTED...CONVECTION HAS FORMED
FARTHER WEST AND NORTH AS COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY. MAIN AREAS ARE OVER
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM. DUE TO THE
CIRCULATION OVER THE STATE...THE STORMS OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS WILL DROP OFF THE RIM AND INTO THE DESERTS. THE STORMS TO
THE WEST ARE SLOW MOVERS...OR DRIFTING TO THE NORTH. EXPECT MORE
OUTFLOWS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG WITH GENERAL MOISTURE
TRANSPORT FROM THE MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE
FOR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE MORE DAYS...SO THE FORECAST WILL FOLLOW
THE SAME ROUTE.

BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...EXTENDED MODELS ARE
STILL SHOWING INCREASED SOUTHWEST FLOW AND SOME TROUGHING MOVING
INTO THE GREAT BASIN. WILL LEAVE A CHANCE OVER THE RIM AND WHITE
MOUNTAIN ZONES THROUGH THE EXTENDED. OTHER ZONES WILL PROBABLY FALL
INTO SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORIES...SO WILL JUST WORD AS PARTLY CLOUDY
FOR NOW. WEAK TROUGH LATE IN THE EXTENDED MAY ACTUALLY SERVE TO DRAW
UP DEEPER MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH BEFORE DRYING US OUT...SO FEEL
THAT MENTIONING PRECIPITATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH IS THE BEST WAY TO
GO FOR NOW. PETERSON.*

.FGZ...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:20 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino30 min
Jun 22, 2:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai32 min
Jun 22, 2:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai37 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.