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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 10, 2013Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 6:08 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
Jul 10, 2013, 6:08 PM MST (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 6:45 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 01:07 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 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 Jul 10, 4:45 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 4:45 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:32 PM MST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
132 PM MST WED JUL 10 2013

AZZ014-017-102100-
NAVAJO AZ-APACHE AZ-
132 PM MST WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

UNTIL 200 PM MST

AT 129 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THAT A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM VERNON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF VERNON IN SOUTHWESTERN APACHE COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN
A STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME
ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN HEAVY RAINFALL
SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING...AND LEAVE A SAFE
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3418 10989 3440 10979 3428 10959 3412 10970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 122DEG 15KT 3424 10972

TC
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:47 PM MST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
147 PM MST WED JUL 10 2013

AZZ014-017-102100-
NAVAJO AZ-APACHE AZ-
147 PM MST WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA

UNTIL 200 PM MST

AT 140 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THAT A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VERNON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE FROM PEA TO DIME IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIKELY IS
PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND VERNON.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS IN AND AROUND VERNON IN SOUTHWESTERN APACHE COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN
A STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME
ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN HEAVY RAINFALL
SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING...AND LEAVE A SAFE
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3418 10989 3440 10979 3428 10959 3412 10970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 122DEG 15KT 3424 10972

TC
Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:31 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:32 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZApache3 hr
Jul 11, 12:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino51 min
Jul 11, 1:10 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZCoconino3 hr
Jul 11, 1:48 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ27 min
Jul 11, 2:44 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai3 hr
Jul 11, 3:37 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZApache3 hr

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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.