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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2013, 3:29 PM MST for Apache County, Arizona. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 30, 2013, 3:29 PM MST (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2013, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Apache County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 Aug 30, 3:15 PM MST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:15 PM MST, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 9:56 AM MST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 956 AM MST FRI AUG 30 2013 AZZ004>018-037>040-310630- 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- 956 AM MST FRI AUG 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO... NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR YAVAPAI...MOST OF COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA....SOUTHERN NAVAJO AND SOUTHERN APACHE COUNTIES. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. IN PARTICULAR...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING MUCH OF YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT... AND WILL BE AT GREATER RISK. THUNDERSTORM AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST COCONINO COUNTY INCLUDING THE GRAND CANYON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT DAILY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A SLIGHT DROP- OFF IN ACTIVITY AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 30, 10:08 AM MST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 29, 5:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:52 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino, Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:45 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:12 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Gila, Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:27 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 48 min | |
| Aug 29, 9:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 35 min | |
| Aug 29, 9:43 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:20 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:14 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:55 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai | 33 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:03 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:33 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 4:19 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 41 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.