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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

February 16, 2019Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2019, 7:44 AM MST for Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2019, 7:44 AM MST (14:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2019, 6:09 PM MST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Colorado River near Winslow (LCWA3). The gauge peaked at 19.76 ft at Feb 16, 2019, 6:00 AM MST.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 09400350, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 15, 4:00 PM MST, 15 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:00 PM MST, 15 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 7:12 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino, Navajo3 hr
Feb 16, 2:32 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningFGZApache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai68 hr
Feb 16, 2:32 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo, Yavapai68 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.