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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 21, 2006Gila County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2006, 1:52 PM MST for Gila County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2006, 1:52 PM MST (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2006, 2:15 PM MST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gila County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2006-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2006-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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.

000 
WUUS55 KFGZ 212052
SVRFGZ
AZC007-017-212115-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0252.060821T2052Z-060821T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
152 PM MST MON AUG 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 215 PM MST

* AT 150 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT APACHE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF
  SHOW LOW...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT APACHE BY 200 PM MST

LAT...LON 3384 10985 3397 10998 3379 11016 3368 10997

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KFGZ 212109
SVSFGZ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
208 PM MST MON AUG 21 2006

AZC007-017-212118-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060821T2115Z/
NAVAJO AZ-GILA AZ-
208 PM MST MON AUG 21 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GILA AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 215 PM MST...

VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN STILL BE 
EXPECTED ALONG ROUTE 73 WEST OF FT APACHE. SOME PONDING OR RUNNING 
WATER CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREA WASHES AND CREEKS...INCLUDING BEAR 
CANYON AND AMOS WASH.

LAT...LON 3384 10985 3397 10998 3379 11016 3368 10997

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 7:12 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai63 min
Aug 21, 1:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila26 min

Nearby

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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.