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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 3, 2008Coconino County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2008, 3:30 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 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
Sep 3, 2008, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2008, 4:00 PM MST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Coconino County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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.

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 Sep 3, 3:23 PM MST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 3:23 PM MST, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 10:06 AM MST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1006 AM MST WED SEP 3 2008

AZZ008-011>018-037-038-040300-
YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-
OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-
1006 AM MST WED SEP 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE
EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 11:35 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo25 min
Sep 3, 12:43 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZNavajo3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.