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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 14, 2013Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2013, 5:35 PM MDT for Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 115 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 14, 2013, 5:35 PM MDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2013, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 14, 3:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 3:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 14, 1:19 PM MDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 5:12 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Apache	46 min
Sep 13, 8:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		17 min
Sep 13, 8:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Gila, Navajo	2 hr
Sep 13, 9:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Gila, Navajo	3 hr
Sep 14, 12:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	41 min
Sep 14, 1:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		11 min
Sep 14, 4:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Navajo	3 hr
Sep 14, 4:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Coconino	113 min
Sep 14, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		18 min

Nearby

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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.