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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

October 8, 2006Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2006, 3:56 PM MST for Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 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 8, 2006, 3:56 PM MST (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2006, 4:30 PM MST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Apache County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 8, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 3:20 PM MST, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
320 PM MST SUN OCT 8 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-090700-
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-
320 PM MST SUN OCT 8 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY
A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING ARIZONA WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM PAGE TO FLAGSTAFF TO BLACK CANYON CITY.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM SUNDAY AND MONDAY OVER
EASTERN ARIZONA MAY EXCEED ONE INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE GROUND IS ALREADY
SATURATED IN THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

JJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 1:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino30 min
Oct 8, 1:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Navajo24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.