Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2017, 2:27 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2017, 2:27 PM MST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2017, 2:58 PM MST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:37 PM MST | HAIL 1.5 | 4 W Prescott Airport, AZ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
326
WUUS55 KFGZ 162127
SVRFGZ
AZC025-162215-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0013.170716T2127Z-170716T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
227 PM MST SUN JUL 16 2017
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Yavapai County in west central Arizona...
* Until 315 PM MST
* At 226 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Prescott
Airport, or near Chino Valley, moving southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Prescott, Yavapai Campground, Prescott Airport, and Iron Springs.
This includes the following highways...
State Route 89 between mile markers 310 and 326.
State Route 69 between mile markers 295 and 296.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3474 11247 3471 11237 3451 11243 3457 11261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 030DEG 13KT 3467 11244
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TM2 follow-up statements
306
WWUS55 KFGZ 162145
SVSFGZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
245 PM MST SUN JUL 16 2017
AZC025-162215-
/O.CON.KFGZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170716T2215Z/
Yavapai-
245 PM MST SUN JUL 16 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MST
FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY...
At 244 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Yavapai
Campground, or 8 miles west of Prescott Valley, moving southwest at
20 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Prescott, Yavapai Campground and Iron Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3466 11254 3465 11246 3454 11253 3457 11261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 046DEG 16KT 3462 11253
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TM171
WWUS55 KFGZ 162158
SVSFGZ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
258 PM MST SUN JUL 16 2017
AZC025-162207-
/O.CAN.KFGZ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170716T2215Z/
Yavapai-
258 PM MST SUN JUL 16 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR IRON SPRINGS IN
YAVAPAI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning for Iron Springs has weakened
below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life
or property. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Flagstaff.
LAT...LON 3466 11254 3465 11246 3454 11253 3457 11261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 030DEG 13KT 3458 11256
$$
TMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:26 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 5:52 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 49 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:31 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai | 42 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:51 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 24 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:25 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 35 min | |
| Jul 16, 12:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 25 min | |
| Jul 16, 1:01 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 29 min | |
| Jul 16, 1:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 1:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 25 min | |
| Jul 16, 1:51 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 2:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 33 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 2:40 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 35 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 3:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 16 min |
| Jul 16, 3:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 4:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.