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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

October 13, 2018Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Oct 13, 2018, 3:39 AM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It took effect at Oct 13, 2018, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2018, 3:39 AM MST (10:39 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2018, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Oct 13, 2018, 8:00 PM MST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Flood severity
None

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Oct 12, 9:30 PM MST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 9:30 PM MST, 6 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 1:24 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZCoconino, Yavapai3 hr
Oct 13, 4:25 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZCoconino, Yavapai3 hr
Oct 13, 4:43 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai8 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.