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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

October 6, 2006Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2006, 1:39 AM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 25 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: Oct 6, 2006, 1:39 AM MST (08:39 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2006, 2:04 AM MST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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 08:40 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 Oct 5, 9:25 PM MST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 9:25 PM MST, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 4:30 AM MST, 21 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
430 AM MST THU OCT 5 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-061400-
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-
430 AM MST THU OCT 5 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA
FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.

A VERY MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY AND
FRIDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS...AS
WELL AS DRY WASHES AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN WATER FLOW TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE STATE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
REGION THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. SOME
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

DB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 5, 9:16 PM MST, 4 hours 23 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, 5:34 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	26 min
Oct 5, 5:58 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino	62 min
Oct 6, 1:22 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	23 min
Oct 6, 11:15 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino	2 hr
Oct 6, 1:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache	32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.