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Flash Flood Warning 185, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2021, 12:15 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2021, 12:15 PM MST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2021, 1:15 PM MST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
County Coconino County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:46 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Mt. Elden Estates At La, AZ | TREES, LOGS, AND OTHER DEBRIS ARE NOW IN THE FLOW, WATER IS APPROXIMATELY 60-70’ WIDE OVERTOPPING THE ROAD, AND DEPTH IS ABOUT 2.5 - 3 FEET. |
| Aug 17, 12:55 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Linda Vista Drive, AZ | WATER HAS OVERTOPPED ROADWAY WITH DEBRIS. |
| Aug 17, 1:00 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Dortha Ave., AZ | WATER HAS OVERTOPPED THE BARRIERS AND OVERTOPPED THE ROADS WITH GREATER THAN 1.5 FEET WATER DEPTH. |
| Aug 17, 1:10 PM MST | FLASH FLOOD | Cedar Ave. And West St., AZ | SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR SAFEWAY. CEDAR AVE. CLOSED BY THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 16 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
718
WGUS55 KFGZ 171915
FFWFGZ
AZC005-172015-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0185.210817T1915Z-210817T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1215 PM MST Tue Aug 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Museum Fire scar in...
Coconino County in north central Arizona...
* Until 115 PM MST.
* At 1215 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Museum Fire scar. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding in and around the Museum Fire
scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
the Museum Fire scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Flagstaff.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Residents in the warned area should shelter in place, and stay away
from creeks and local drainages. Flood waters and debris from the
Museum Fire scar will affect Mount Elden Estates, with lesser
impacts downstream. The Paradise and Grandview Drive neighborhoods
may see elevated flows in local drainages.
&&
LAT...LON 3526 11165 3527 11163 3528 11162 3527 11160
3525 11160 3525 11162 3524 11163 3522 11161
3522 11163
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
DBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Apache, Navajo | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:33 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 7:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 7:37 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 23 min |
| Aug 16, 7:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 7:57 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 8:04 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 8:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 9:18 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 10:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 10:33 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 12:04 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Navajo | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:22 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Navajo | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 12:41 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 1:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 1:21 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 1:28 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 1:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Watch | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Navajo | 9 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:09 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 2:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 2:18 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 3:44 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:19 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 4:22 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:46 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.