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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 26, 2006Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Jul 26, 2006, 7:31 AM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 26, 2006, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2006, 7:31 AM MST (14:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2006, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Jul 27, 2006, 12:00 AM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Flood severity
None

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 2006-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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 2006-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 26, 2:45 AM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:45 AM MST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 10:00 AM MST, 21 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1000 AM MST TUE JUL 25 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-260700-
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 TUE JUL 25 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN
ARIZONA TODAY. MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN
INITIALLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN
EXPAND INTO THE LOWER TERRAIN REGIONS OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY AND YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS TODAY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE HAIL
OCCASIONALLY APPROACHING AND EXCEEDING THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN
DIAMETER...BUT LOCALIZED AREAS OF STRONG WINDS AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING COULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A CONCERN AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY AS
ARIZONA REMAINS UNDER A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.

.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
Jul 25, 5:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai23 min
Jul 25, 5:36 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai24 min
Jul 25, 6:31 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai59 min
Jul 26, 12:41 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila34 min
Jul 26, 2:12 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino3 min
Jul 26, 2:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino35 min
Jul 26, 2:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Gila16 min
Jul 26, 3:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo28 min
Jul 26, 3:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache, Navajo26 min
Jul 26, 3:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino47 min
Jul 26, 3:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache, Navajo31 min
Jul 26, 4:00 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache, Navajo
Jul 26, 4:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai56 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai30 min

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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.