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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

October 5, 20065 counties in Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Oct 5, 2006, 4:00 AM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Oct 5, 2006, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2006, 4:00 AM MST (11:00 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 5, 2006, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Oct 6, 2006, 5:58 PM MST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Flood severity: None

Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Gila County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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 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 Oct 5, 3:35 AM MST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:35 AM MST, 25 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 1:02 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	28 min
Oct 5, 1:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	30 min
Oct 5, 2:05 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino	55 min
Oct 5, 2:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	26 min
Oct 5, 3:43 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino	77 min
Oct 5, 3:48 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	27 min
Oct 5, 4:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	29 min
Oct 5, 4:39 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.