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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 27, 2019Gila County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2019, 5:05 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 27, 2019, 5:05 PM MST (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2019, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Gila County, AZ

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 27, 2:53 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:53 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:46 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:47 PM MST, 1 hour 18 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
Aug 27, 6:49 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila, Yavapai	26 min
Aug 28, 10:59 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	28 min
Aug 28, 11:51 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	24 min
Aug 28, 1:15 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Navajo	2 hr
Aug 28, 1:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	34 min
Aug 28, 2:14 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino	3 hr
Aug 28, 2:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		23 min
Aug 28, 2:33 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	42 min
Aug 28, 2:45 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	3 hr
Aug 28, 3:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	45 min
Aug 28, 3:40 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	3 hr
Aug 28, 4:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila, Navajo	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.