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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 24, 2005Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2005, 4:17 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2005, 4:17 PM MST (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2005, 4:45 PM MST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 24, 2:35 PM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 2:35 PM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 10:00 AM MST, 6 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1000 AM MST WED AUG 24 2005

AZZ004>018-037>040-250700-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-
MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-KAIBAB PLATEAU-COCONINO PLATEAU-
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
BLACK MESA AREA-LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-
1000 AM MST WED AUG 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN
GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY ALONG
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. THESE
STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE INTO LOWER TERRAIN REGIONS DURING THE
AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN ARIZONA. THE FOCUS OF TODAYS ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE ALONG
THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS YAVAPAI AND
NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS STORM MOTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE 10 MPH OR
LESS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DRY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A DECREASING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 5:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai29 min
Aug 24, 2:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.