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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 2, 2019Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2019, 4:07 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 23 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 2, 2019, 4:07 PM MST (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2019, 4:30 PM MST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2019-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2019-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

479 
WUUS55 KFGZ 022307
SVRFGZ
AZC005-025-022330-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0021.190802T2307Z-190802T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
407 PM MST Fri Aug 2 2019

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Yavapai County in west central Arizona...
  Coconino County in north central Arizona...

* Until 430 PM MST.

* At 406 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Village At
  Oak Creek, or 7 miles southeast of Sedona, moving northwest at 10
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Village At Oak Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3478 11161 3470 11173 3480 11182 3488 11167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 129DEG 7KT 3477 11171 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo28 min
Aug 1, 6:00 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZApache, Navajo119 min
Aug 1, 6:48 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZYavapai117 min
Aug 2, 1:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ32 min
Aug 2, 2:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino25 min
Aug 2, 2:40 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ35 min
Aug 2, 3:17 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino118 min
Aug 2, 3:49 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZGila3 hr
Aug 2, 3:57 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ33 min
Aug 2, 4:33 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ27 min
Aug 2, 4:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Gila, Yavapai40 min
Aug 2, 4:54 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZGila, Navajo3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.