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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2007, 8:30 PM MST for Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2007, 8:30 PM MST (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2007, 11:15 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
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 03:29 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KFGZ 270330
FFWFGZ
AZC001-017-270615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
830 PM MST THU JUL 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...
EAST CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MST
* AT 820 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS SOUTHWARD TO INCLUDE PETRIFIED FOREST VISITOR CENTER
AND JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF HUNT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PETRIFIED
FOREST N.P. VISITORS CENTER...WOODRUFF...PETRIFIED FOREST
NATIONAL PARK AND PETRIFIED FOREST N.P. HEADQUARTERS AND EASTWARD
TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER AND PUERCO RIVER
NEAR HOLBROOK.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER A
LARGE AREA. A SPOTTER 7 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HUNT HAS REPORTED
OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXPECT RAPID RISES ON DEAD WASH...LITHODENDRON WASH...PUERCO
RIVER...AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVER EFFECTING WOODRUFF.
LAT...LON 3451 10992 3456 10970 3474 10964 3512 10967
3522 10972 3490 11015
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KFGZ 270343
FFSFGZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
833 PM MST THU JUL 26 2007
AZC001-017-270615-
NAVAJO AZ-APACHE AZ-
833 PM MST THU JUL 26 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MST FOR WEST
CENTRAL APACHE AND EAST CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTIES...
AT 825 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES HAS
FALLEN IN AN AREA 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PETRIFIED
FOREST N.P. VISITORS CENTER...WOODRUFF...PETRIFIED FOREST
NATIONAL PARK AND PETRIFIED FOREST N.P. HEADQUARTERS AND EASTWARD
TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER AND PUERCO RIVER
NEAR HOLBROOK.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER A
LARGE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXPECT RAPID RISES ON DEAD WASH...
LITHODENDRON WASH...PUERCO RIVER...AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVER
EFFECTING WOODRUFF.
MOTORIST ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION IN THE WARN AREA
AS HEAVY RAINFALL CAN OBSCURE THE VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF FLOODWATER
COVERING OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS
FLOOD ROADWAYS BECAUSE A FOOT OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP A
VEHICLE AWAY. ROADS EFFECTED IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN HUNT AND
HOLBROOK...AND PETRIFIED FOREST ROAD.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
LAT...LON 3451 10992 3456 10970 3474 10964 3512 10967
3522 10972 3490 11015
$$
TCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 9:35 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Apache, Navajo | 115 min |
| Jul 27, 2:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 2:48 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:19 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 4:27 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 93 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.