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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 24, 20075 counties in Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Jul 24, 2007, 9:51 AM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Jul 24, 2007, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2007, 9:51 AM MST (16:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 24, 2007, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Jul 24, 2007, 9:00 PM MST
In force
10 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 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2007-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2007-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 24, 8:20 AM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 8:20 AM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:55 PM MST, 18 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
255 PM MST MON JUL 23 2007

AZZ004>018-037>040-240700-
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-
255 PM MST MON JUL 23 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MANY WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THIS EVENING. MANY
STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL
HAIL. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM THE HEAVIER AND SLOWER MOVING
STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN
ARIZONA INCLUDING COCONINO COUNTY...YAVAPAI COUNTY...NAVAJO
COUNTY...APACHE COUNTY...AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTY. SEE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH (PRODUCT PHXFFAFGZ) FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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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.