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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 9, 2021Gila County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 3:22 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 23 min. 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 9, 2021, 3:22 PM MST (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 3:45 PM MST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gila County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-401 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

993 
WUUS55 KFGZ 092222
SVRFGZ
AZC007-092245-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0010.210709T2222Z-210709T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
322 PM MST Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Gila County in east central Arizona...

* Until 345 PM MST.

* At 321 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
  of Young, or 23 miles south of Forest Lakes, moving west at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Reynolds Creek Group Campground. Route 288 south of Young.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3409 11079 3395 11074 3385 11101 3404 11112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 069DEG 15KT 3401 11090 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
JJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:13 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai32 min
Jul 8, 5:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai19 min
Jul 8, 6:25 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai50 min
Jul 8, 7:03 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZYavapai3 hr
Jul 9, 3:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai28 min
Jul 9, 3:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai27 min
Jul 9, 3:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai48 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZYavapai2 hr
Jul 9, 3:59 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZYavapai3 hr
Jul 9, 4:26 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZYavapai2 hr
Jul 9, 4:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.