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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2016, 4:16 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 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 29, 2016, 4:16 PM MST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 4:45 PM MST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gila County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 911 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
243 WUUS55 KFGZ 292316 SVRFGZ AZC007-292345- /O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0021.160729T2316Z-160729T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 416 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 445 PM MST * AT 414 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHISPERING PINES TO 7 MILES WEST OF YOUNG...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAYSON...STAR VALLEY...FLOWING SPRINGS...EAST VERDE ESTATES...ROUND VALLEY...GISELA...MESA DEL CABA...OXBOW ESTATES...FREEDOM ACRES... WHISPERING PINES...BEAVER VALLEY...HOUSTON MESA CAMPGROUND. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... STATE ROUTE 288 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 303 AND 304. STATE ROUTE 260 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 252 AND 264. STATE ROUTE 87 SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 246 AND 251. STATE ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 245 AND 263. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3433 11144 3400 11123 3406 11095 3439 11120 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 068DEG 10KT 3434 11123 3410 11107 $$ JJ
2 follow-up statements
137 WWUS55 KFGZ 292335 SVSFGZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 435 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2016 AZC007-292345- /O.CON.KFGZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160729T2345Z/ GILA AZ- 435 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MST FOR NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY... AT 434 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FREEDOM ACRES TO 9 MILES EAST OF GISELA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAYSON...STAR VALLEY...FLOWING SPRINGS...EAST VERDE ESTATES... ROUND VALLEY...GISELA...MESA DEL CABA...OXBOW ESTATES... FREEDOM ACRES...WHISPERING PINES...BEAVER VALLEY... HOUSTON MESA CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3438 11124 3405 11101 3400 11123 3433 11144 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 068DEG 10KT 3432 11128 3408 11112 $$ JJ
945
WWUS55 KFGZ 292347
SVSFGZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
447 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2016
AZC007-292356-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160729T2345Z/
GILA AZ-
447 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GILA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
LAT...LON 3438 11124 3405 11101 3400 11123 3433 11144
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 068DEG 10KT 3432 11128 3408 11112
$$
JJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:12 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:19 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 5:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 7:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 30 min | |
| Jul 29, 12:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 25 min | |
| Jul 29, 3:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Navajo | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 3:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 17 min | |
| Jul 29, 3:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 29 min | |
| Jul 29, 3:49 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 4:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 4:32 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Gila | 118 min |
| Jul 29, 4:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 4:45 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Gila | 45 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.