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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
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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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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Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 22, 12:04 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 11 min | |
| Aug 22, 1:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 2:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 34 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 37 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:53 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 37 min | |
| Aug 22, 3:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 3:55 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 35 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:04 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Coconino | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 4:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 4:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 4:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 41 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:40 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.