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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 4:03 PM MST. It was in force for 42 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 5, 2017, 4:03 PM MST (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2017, 4:45 PM MST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
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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 5, 3:22 PM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 3:22 PM MST, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 513 AM MST Sat Aug 5 2017 AZZ004>018-037>040-060400- 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- 513 AM MST Sat Aug 5 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for Apache...Coconino... Northern Gila...Navajo...and Yavapai Counties in Northern Arizona. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will continue to move east to northeast today as a weather disturbance moves east across far northern Arizona. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Moisture begins to decrease across the area limiting storms to a more isolated pattern through the weekend and into early 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 5, 11:42 AM MST, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 116 min |
| Aug 4, 5:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 40 min | |
| Aug 4, 6:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 116 min |
| Aug 4, 9:18 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 117 min |
| Aug 4, 9:31 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 89 min |
| Aug 4, 11:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 114 min |
| Aug 5, 12:38 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 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.