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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2008, 5:23 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 37 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 10, 2008, 5:23 PM MST (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2008, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 11:47 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 10, 3:30 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 3:30 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 11:56 AM MST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1156 AM MST WED SEP 10 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-110300- KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY- 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-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 1156 AM MST WED SEP 10 2008 ...UPDATE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY UNTIL 7 PM MST...AS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. BULK SHEAR AND MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES INDICATE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY...MAINLY ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY AND SOUTHERN COCONINO COUNTY. STORM MOTION WILL BE FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT TODAY WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY DOWNDRAFT WINDS 40 TO 60 MPH. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY WITH ISOLATED SEVERE ACTIVITY STILL POSSIBLE. A DRYING TREND WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY...INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 10, 12:36 PM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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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.