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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 27, 2013Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Aug 27, 2013, 5:40 AM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It took effect at Aug 27, 2013, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2013, 5:40 AM MST (12:40 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2013, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Aug 27, 2013, 8:15 PM MST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Flood severity
None

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 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 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 Aug 27, 4:15 AM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 4:15 AM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 5:36 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino6 hr
Aug 26, 6:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo29 min
Aug 26, 7:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo44 min
Aug 26, 9:20 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai55 min
Aug 26, 10:18 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai117 min
Aug 26, 11:29 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZCoconino6 hr
Aug 27, 12:36 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZCoconino4 hr
Aug 27, 12:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino36 min
Aug 27, 1:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo27 min
Aug 27, 1:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino27 min
Aug 27, 3:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache26 min
Aug 27, 3:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai34 min
Aug 27, 3:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache29 min

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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.