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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 25, 2001Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2001, 4:40 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2001, 4:40 PM MST (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2001, 5:15 PM MST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Yavapai County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2001-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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 252342
SVRFLG

AZC025-260015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
440 PM MST WED JUL 25 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM MST

* AT 440 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMP VERDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OR PASS OVER...
HIGHWAY 260 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMP VERDE AT 445 PM MST

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

LAT...LON 3451 11193 3439 11182 3453 11156 3467 11169
MAS

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 Jul 25, 2:30 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:30 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST WED JUL 25 2001

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA. A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO WEEKEND. ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
THE NEW MEXICO BORDER BY THE WEEKEND...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM
CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW SOUTH OF VEGAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY
EAST TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST DYNAMICS WITH THE
LOW WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...WITH WEAKER DYNAMICS AND A WARMING COLD
POOL EXPECTED THURSDAY. ALL MODELS SHOWING THE PRONOUNCED DRYING
SEEN OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA MOVING NORTHEASTWARD WITH TIME. DO NOT
EXPECT AS RAPID A DRYING TREND AS THE AVN SHOWS...BUT DO EXPECT
ACTIVITY TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD AND FARTHER EAST THURSDAY. UPPER LOW
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PICTURE FRIDAY...WITH A DRY AND FLAT FLOW
SETTING UP FOR THE WEEKEND. ASIDE FROM ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER THE
FAR EASTERN ZONES...DO NOT EXPECT MORE THAN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
ANY CHANCE OF A RESURGENCE OF MOISTURE WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MONDAY
AT THE EARLIEST...AND THAT ASSUMES THE NEXT WEST COAST TROUGH WILL
NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE NEW AVN IS SUGGESTING. FOR NOW...WILL PUT A
CHANCE BACK INTO THE EASTERN ZONES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT
WILL LEAVE THE OTHER ZONES DRY. PETERSON.

.FGZ...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 11:15 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino30 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.