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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

June 22, 2001Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 2:53 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 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 22, 2001, 2:53 PM MST (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2001, 3:30 PM MST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2001-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

627 
WUUS55 KFGZ 222157
SVRFLG
AZC025-222230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
253 PM MST FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM MST

* AT 253 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRKLAND...OR ABOUT 19 
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESCOTT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OR PASS CLOSE TO...
  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEEPLES VALLEY AT 320 PM MST
  4 MILES NORTHWEST OF YARNELL AT 330 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. WIND GUSTS OVER 58 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE 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 3435 11252 3448 11267 3429 11295 3413 11276

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 22, 9:15 AM MST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:15 AM MST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
915 AM MST FRI JUN 22 2001

SYNOPSIS...LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED INTO THE
COMING WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP MOISTURE TRAPPED OVER
THE STATE. AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
FOR SEVERAL DAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM
AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR NEAR
NORMAL LEVELS.

DISCUSSION...MOISTURE VALUES AGAIN HAVE INCREASED STATEWIDE YET
AGAIN IN THE WAKE OF THURSDAYS CONVECTION. IMPRESSIVE CAPE VALUES
PRESENT ALONG THE RIM ZONES AND YAVAPAI COUNTY...IN ADDITION TO A
WELL DEFINED THETA-E RIDGE. CONVECTION WILL NO DOUBT FIRE ONCE AGAIN
TODAY...ALTHOUGH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LIKELY TO BE UP A FEW
NOTCHES FROM THURSDAY. THESE TRENDS ARE WELL REPRESENTED IN THE
CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE. NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. PETERSON.

.FGZ...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 5:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai32 min
Jun 22, 2:20 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino30 min
Jun 22, 2:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai32 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.