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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 22, 2020Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2020, 3:01 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 18 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 22, 2020, 3:01 PM MST (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2020, 3:19 PM MST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 22, 2:45 PM MST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:45 PM MST, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 12:04 PM MST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1204 PM MST Sat Aug 22 2020

AZZ004-221915-
Kaibab Plateau-
1204 PM MST Sat Aug 22 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COCONINO COUNTY NEAR SR67 SOUTH
OF JACOB LAKE UNTIL 1215 PM MST...

At 1201 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 18
miles south of Jacob Lake, moving southwest at 5 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
North Rim Entrance Station and Demotte Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 11211 3643 11196 3630 11214 3651 11232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 056DEG 5KT 3646 11213

ET
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:11 PM MST, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 12:04 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ11 min
Aug 22, 1:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino50 min
Aug 22, 2:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ34 min
Aug 22, 3:08 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ37 min
Aug 22, 3:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ37 min
Aug 22, 3:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai51 min
Aug 22, 3:55 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ35 min
Aug 22, 4:04 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino41 min
Aug 22, 4:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila19 min
Aug 22, 4:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai24 min
Aug 22, 4:34 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ41 min
Aug 22, 4:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo41 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.