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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2021, 12:57 AM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 23, 2021, 12:57 AM MST (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2021, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
County Gila County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:45 AM MST | FLASH FLOOD | 20 Sse Young, AZ | A STREAM GAUGE ON CHERRY CREEK REPORTED A 3.61 FT RISE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 1155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
807
WGUS55 KFGZ 230757
FFWFGZ
AZC007-231200-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0088.210723T0757Z-210723T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1257 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Gila County in east central Arizona...
* Until 500 AM MST.
* At 1256 AM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly along Cherry Creek.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water
crossings, creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fort Apache Reservation, Rose Creek Campground and Reynolds Creek
Group Campground.
This includes the following highways...
State Route 288 between mile markers 273 and 296.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Dinner Creek, West Fork Oak Creek, Salt River, South Fork Cooper
Forks, Warm Creek, Campbell Creek, Willow Creek, Sheep Wash,
Salome Creek, Griffin Wash, Ash Creek, Coon Creek, Horse Camp
Creek, Workman Creek, Deer Creek, Pocket Creek, McFadden Creek,
Cooper Forks, Parker Creek, Turkey Creek, Rose Creek, Little
Turkey Creek, P B Creek, Wilson Creek, Crouch Creek, Soldier Camp
Wash, South Fork Parker Creek, Oak Creek, Rock House Creek, Cherry
Creek, Banning Wash, Soldier Creek, Pringle Wash, Reynolds Creek,
Medicine Creek and Connor Wash.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3376 11098 3395 11100 3405 11090 3395 11078
3378 11069 3365 11078 3369 11083 3364 11092
3375 11098
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
MCT3 follow-up statements
027
WGUS75 KFGZ 230952
FFSFGZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
252 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
AZC007-231200-
/O.CON.KFGZ.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210723T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Gila AZ-
252 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR GILA COUNTY...
At 250 AM MST, stream gauge reports on Cherry Creek indicated about
a 1 foot rise in water. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Moderate rain is still falling over the warned area and may lead to
additional stream rises.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Gauges reported.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fort Apache Reservation, Rose Creek Campground and Reynolds Creek
Group Campground.
This includes the following highways...
State Route 288 between mile markers 273 and 279...and
between mile markers 281 and 297.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Dinner Creek, West Fork Oak Creek, Salt River, South Fork Cooper
Forks, Warm Creek, Campbell Creek, Willow Creek, Sheep Wash,
Salome Creek, Griffin Wash, Ash Creek, Coon Creek, Horse Camp
Creek, Workman Creek, Deer Creek, Pocket Creek, McFadden Creek,
Cooper Forks, Parker Creek, Turkey Creek, Rose Creek, Little
Turkey Creek, P B Creek, Wilson Creek, Crouch Creek, Soldier Camp
Wash, South Fork Parker Creek, Oak Creek, Rock House Creek, Cherry
Creek, Banning Wash, Soldier Creek, Pringle Wash, Reynolds Creek,
Medicine Creek and Connor Wash.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3376 11098 3395 11100 3405 11090 3395 11078
3378 11069 3365 11078 3369 11083 3364 11092
3375 11098
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
MCT790
WGUS75 KFGZ 231057
FFSFGZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
357 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
AZC007-231200-
/O.CON.KFGZ.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210723T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Gila AZ-
357 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR GILA COUNTY...
At 356 AM MST, gauge reports indicated another 3 foot rise on Cherry
Creek. Light rain continues over the area with additional rainfall
amounts of 0.1 to 0.25 inches possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Gauges reported.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Fort Apache Reservation, Rose Creek Campground and Reynolds Creek
Group Campground.
This includes the following highways...
State Route 288 between mile markers 273 and 279...and
between mile markers 281 and 297.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Dinner Creek, West Fork Oak Creek, Salt River, South Fork Cooper
Forks, Warm Creek, Campbell Creek, Willow Creek, Sheep Wash,
Salome Creek, Griffin Wash, Ash Creek, Coon Creek, Horse Camp
Creek, Workman Creek, Deer Creek, Pocket Creek, McFadden Creek,
Cooper Forks, Parker Creek, Turkey Creek, Rose Creek, Little
Turkey Creek, P B Creek, Wilson Creek, Crouch Creek, Soldier Camp
Wash, South Fork Parker Creek, Oak Creek, Rock House Creek, Cherry
Creek, Banning Wash, Soldier Creek, Pringle Wash, Reynolds Creek,
Medicine Creek and Connor Wash.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3376 11098 3395 11100 3405 11090 3395 11078
3378 11069 3365 11078 3369 11083 3364 11092
3375 11098
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
MCT582
WGUS75 KFGZ 231159
FFSFGZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
459 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
AZC007-231209-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210723T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Gila AZ-
459 AM MST Fri Jul 23 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING
FOR GILA COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures and use
caution near Cherry Creek as it will be running higher than usual
this morning.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM MST Saturday for
portions of east central Arizona, north central Arizona, northeast
Arizona and west central Arizona.
LAT...LON 3376 11098 3395 11100 3405 11090 3395 11078
3378 11069 3365 11078 3369 11083 3364 11092
3375 11098
$$
MCTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:01 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | FGZ | Navajo | 5 min |
| Jul 22, 7:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Navajo | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:08 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Apache, Navajo | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:06 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Apache, Gila, Navajo | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:50 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:07 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:21 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | FGZ | Gila | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:38 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Coconino | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 12:07 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Coconino | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 12:19 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:51 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 1:17 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 43 min | |
| Jul 23, 1:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 2:12 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 2:59 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:26 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:43 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Navajo | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 4:01 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Navajo | 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.