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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2014, 6:32 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 118 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 4, 2014, 6:32 PM MST (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2014, 8:30 PM MST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
274 WGUS55 KFGZ 050132 FFWFGZ AZC005-025-050330- /O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0002.140705T0132Z-140705T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 632 PM MST FRI JUL 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 830 PM MST * AT 626 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SLIDE WILDFIRE BURN AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IS LOCATED FROM SLIDE ROCK STATE PARK...TO JUNIPINE...TO CAVE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST FORK OF OAK CREEK PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAIN WILL TRIGGER LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS...ROCKSLIDES... ASH AND DEBRIS FLOWS WITHIN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SLIDE FIRE SCAR. RESIDENCES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF OAK CREEK CANYON MAY BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER...ROCK MATERIAL...ASH AND DEBRIS. GET AWAY FROM THE WATER. IF POSSIBLE...HEAD TOWARD STATE HIGHWAY 89A...OR GET TO HIGH GROUND EAST OF OAK CREEK. LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE RESIDENCES AND RECREATIONAL AREAS WEST OF OAK CREEK IN AND ADJACENT TO THE SLIDE FIRE SCAR...PRIMARILY FROM SLIDE ROCK STATE PARK NORTHWARD TO THE SWITCHBACKS ON HIGHWAY 89A. && LAT...LON 3503 11175 3501 11169 3493 11175 3495 11180 $$ MCS
1 follow-up statement
069 WGUS75 KFGZ 050222 FFSFGZ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 722 PM MST FRI JUL 4 2014 AZC005-025-050330- /O.CON.KFGZ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140705T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ YAVAPAI AZ-COCONINO AZ- 722 PM MST FRI JUL 4 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO AND NORTHEASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTIES... AT 708 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SLIDE WILDFIRE AREA. HEAVY RAIN HAS FILLED IN ACROSS THE FIRE AREA INTO THE WEST FORK OF OAK CREEK DRAINAGE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF THE FIRE AREA AND ARE EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE BURN AREA OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL TRIGGER LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS...ROCKSLIDES... ASH AND DEBRIS FLOWS WITHIN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SLIDE FIRE SCAR. RESIDENCES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF OAK CREEK CANYON MAY BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER...ROCK MATERIAL...ASH AND DEBRIS. GET AWAY FROM THE WATER. IF POSSIBLE...HEAD TOWARD STATE HIGHWAY 89A...OR GET TO HIGH GROUND EAST OF OAK CREEK. LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE RESIDENCES AND RECREATIONAL AREAS WEST OF OAK CREEK IN AND ADJACENT TO THE SLIDE FIRE SCAR...PRIMARILY FROM SLIDE ROCK STATE PARK NORTHWARD TO THE SWITCHBACKS ON HIGHWAY 89A. && LAT...LON 3503 11175 3501 11169 3493 11175 3495 11180 $$ MCS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:35 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 115 min |
| Jul 5, 3:41 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 4:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 46 min | |
| Jul 5, 4:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.