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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 9, 2011Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2011, 6:54 PM MDT for Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2011, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2011-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 00:00Z on 2011-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

292 
WGUS55 KFGZ 100054
FFWFGZ
AZC017-100145-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0013.110710T0054Z-110710T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
554 PM MST SAT JUL 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA...

* UNTIL 645 PM MST

* AT 549 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LOCUST BURN AREA  
  NEAR WHITERIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY TRIGGER LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND
DEBRIS FLOWS WITHIN AND DOWNHILL FROM THE LOCUST FIRE BURN AREA.
FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AND MAY HAVE
ALREADY STARTED. IF YOU CAN NOT MOVE SAFELY OUT OF THE WAY OF FLASH
FLOODING...IT IS BEST TO SHELTER IN PLACE IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE THOSE LOCATIONS IN WHITERIVER
FROM LOCUST STREET TO KNOTS LANDING ROAD BETWEEN THE BURN AREA AND
THE WHITE RIVER...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 73.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 10998 3387 10996 3384 10996 3384 10998

$$

MCS
1 follow-up statement
726 
WGUS75 KFGZ 100140
FFSFGZ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
640 PM MST SAT JUL 9 2011

AZC017-100147-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110710T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NAVAJO AZ-
640 PM MST SAT JUL 9 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM MST FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY...

THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS MOVED 
OUT OF THE BURN AREA. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN 
REPORTED...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE OVER 0.40 INCHES FELL OVER 
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN AREA.

LAT...LON 3387 10998 3387 10996 3384 10996 3384 10998

$$

MCS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 3:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZYavapai3 hr
Jul 10, 4:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Arizona, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.