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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 12, 2018Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2018, 2:17 PM MDT for Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2018, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2018, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 12, 10:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 10:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 10:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai52 min
Aug 12, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo45 min
Aug 12, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo39 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo33 min
Aug 12, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai38 min
Aug 12, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila46 min
Aug 12, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai38 min
Aug 12, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai51 min
Aug 12, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai46 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo38 min
Aug 12, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo29 min

Nearby

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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.