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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 21, 2001Apache County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2001, 1:30 PM MST for Apache County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 21, 2001, 1:30 PM MST (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2001, 2:00 PM MST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Apache County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 2001-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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 2001-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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.

554 
WUUS55 KFGZ 212033
SVRFLG
AZC001-212100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
130 PM MST TUE AUG 21 2001
230 PM MDT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN ARIZONA

* UNTIL 200 PM MST - 300 PM MDT

* AT 130 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY...ABOUT     
  10 MILES SOUTH OF ROCK POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS OVER HIGHWAY 191 BETWEEN MILE    
  MARKERS 483 AND 492 AROUND 250 PM MDT

LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN 
THE PATH OF THE STORM 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 3659 10969 3654 10963 3662 10951 3669 10959

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 Aug 21, 9:10 AM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 9:10 AM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
910 AM MST TUE AUG 21 2001

.SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. BY WEDNESDAY...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST. EXPECT A DRYING AND WARMING TREND OVER
NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS AND CLEAR NIGHTS LASTING
INTO THE WEEKEND.

.DISCUSSION...RATHER DISTINCT AND DEFINITELY STRONGER THAN FORECAST
TROUGH ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TOWARDS ARIZONA. MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR STILL EXISTS OVER THE STATE AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...AND
THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEMS START. MORNING SOUNDINGS...ALTHOUGH NOT
SOAKING WET...ARE VERY UNSTABLE. THE HEATING OF THE DAY ALONE WILL
BE ENOUGH FOR SCATTERED STRONG STORMS TODAY. ADD IN THE SYNOPTIC
SCALE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH AS WELL AS THE SHEAR...AND YOU
HAVE INGREDIENTS FOR A POTENTIALLY BIG DAY. CONVECTION ALREADY GOING
OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES...AND WOULD EXPECT THIS TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD LATER THIS MORNING. THE ONLY LIMITING FACTOR IS THE DRIER
THAN NORMAL AIR ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE SCATTERED POPS
ARE A GOOD WAY TO GO...BUT THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD BE BIG
ONES. AFTER THIS TROUGH PASSAGE...IT DRIES OUT SO QUICKLY AND
COMPLETELY...THAT NO FURTHER MENTION OF PRECIPITATION IS NEEDED.
PETERSON.

.FGZ...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:15 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AZZ004>018-037>040-211930-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
915 AM MST TUE AUG 21 2001

...STRONG STORMS...SOME WITH  WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...ARE
EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS LIES OVER ARIZONA AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. EXPECT SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TODAY OVER MUCH OF
NORTHERN ARIZONA. BY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...STORMS MAY BECOME
MORE ORGANIZED WITH A FEW STORMS REACHING SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS OF UP TO 60 MPH AND
LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. BECAUSE OF THE STRONG
DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS APPROACHING SYSTEM...THUNDERSTORMS MAY
BE SLOW TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. SOME CONVECTION MAY LAST WELL
INTO THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 5:12 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache
Aug 20, 5:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo29 min
Aug 20, 6:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo37 min
Aug 20, 8:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo33 min
Aug 20, 8:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache33 min
Aug 21, 12:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo32 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.