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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 1, 2016

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2016, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 30 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: Aug 1, 2016, 12:00 PM MST (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2016, 12:30 PM MST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 9:34 AM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 9:34 AM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:30 AM MST, 8 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
330 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016

AZZ004>018-037>040-020700-
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-
330 AM MST MON AUG 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...
NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DEEP MONSOON MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS
NORTHERN ARIZONA. SOME AREAS MAY SEE HEAVY SHOWERS AT TIMES
RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...CLIMATOLOGICALLY HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS
ACROSS THE STATE WILL ELEVATE THE RISK FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

RB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 11:58 AM MST, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 12:00 PM MST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 5:04 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	116 min
Jul 31, 5:04 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	2 hr
Jul 31, 6:21 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Yavapai	114 min
Jul 31, 8:01 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Yavapai	119 min
Aug 1, 11:58 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		32 min
Aug 1, 12:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		23 min
Aug 1, 2:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		45 min
Aug 1, 2:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	39 min
Aug 1, 2:53 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Gila, Navajo	3 hr
Aug 1, 4:51 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Gila	3 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.