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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 23, 2021Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2021, 12:19 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2021, 12:19 PM MST (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2021, 2:30 PM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2021-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 503 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 2021-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

117 
WGUS55 KFGZ 231919
FFWFGZ
AZC025-232130-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.FF.W.0091.210723T1919Z-210723T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1219 PM MST Fri Jul 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Yavapai County in west central Arizona...

* Until 230 PM MST.

* At 1218 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain in rural southeast Yavapai County east of Black Canyon 
  City. This includes Lime Creek and New River. Between 1 and 2 
  inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  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...
  mainly rural areas of Yavapai County

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Lime Creek, Squaw Creek, Copper Creek, Tank Creek, Ash Spring 
  Creek, Mud Spring Creek, Middle Red Creek, East Branch Squaw 
  Creek, Little Squaw Creek, New River, Tangle Creek, Fork Squaw 
  Creek, Red Creek and Brushy Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3404 11205 3421 11199 3420 11177 3400 11176
      3401 11179 3401 11181 3401 11184 3401 11185
      3402 11186 3402 11187 3402 11189 3402 11193
      3403 11195 3403 11196 3403 11199 3403 11200
      3403 11202 3403 11203

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

JJ
1 follow-up statement
817 
WGUS75 KFGZ 232128
FFSFGZ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
228 PM MST Fri Jul 23 2021

AZC025-232138-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.FF.W.0091.000000T0000Z-210723T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Yavapai AZ-
228 PM MST Fri Jul 23 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
YAVAPAI COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended over far southeast Yavapai County east of 
Black Canyon City. Heavy storm runoff will continue into the late 
afternoon, continue to heed any road closures and turn around if you 
encounter water over the road.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MST Monday for 
portions of east central Arizona, north central Arizona, northeast 
Arizona and west central Arizona.

LAT...LON 3404 11205 3421 11199 3420 11177 3400 11176
      3401 11179 3401 11181 3401 11184 3401 11185
      3402 11186 3402 11187 3402 11189 3402 11193
      3403 11195 3403 11196 3403 11199 3403 11200
      3403 11202 3403 11203

$$

JJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:01 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningFGZNavajo5 min
Jul 22, 7:06 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZNavajo3 hr
Jul 22, 8:08 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache, Navajo3 hr
Jul 22, 10:06 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache, Gila, Navajo4 hr
Jul 23, 12:57 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZGila4 hr
Jul 23, 1:50 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZCoconino, Gila, Yavapai3 hr
Jul 23, 4:07 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZYavapai4 hr
Jul 23, 11:21 AM MSTAreal Flood WarningFGZGila6 hr
Jul 23, 11:38 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino37 min
Jul 23, 12:07 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Yavapai4 hr
Jul 23, 12:14 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino46 min
Jul 23, 12:51 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino114 min
Jul 23, 1:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ43 min
Jul 23, 1:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai34 min
Jul 23, 2:12 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZYavapai2 hr
Jul 23, 2:24 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai36 min
Jul 23, 2:59 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino7 hr
Jul 23, 3:26 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Yavapai3 hr
Jul 23, 3:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZNavajo47 min
Jul 23, 4:01 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZYavapai3 hr
Jul 23, 4:28 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZNavajo3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.