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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 15, 2021Coconino County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2021, 7:46 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 15, 2021, 7:46 PM MST (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2021, 8:15 PM MST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Coconino County, AZ

The radar

The Cedar City radar (KICX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

829 
WUUS55 KFGZ 160246
SVRFGZ
AZC005-160315-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0124.210816T0246Z-210816T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
746 PM MST Sun Aug 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Coconino County in north central Arizona...

* Until 815 PM MST.

* At 745 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles north of
  Grand Canyon National Park, moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Grand Canyon National Park and Havasupai Reservation. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3633 11275 3632 11273 3634 11273 3635 11271
      3635 11269 3634 11268 3635 11267 3636 11265
      3638 11265 3639 11263 3641 11262 3637 11249
      3620 11252 3630 11277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 026DEG 9KT 3636 11262 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

McCollum
1 follow-up statement
535 
WWUS55 KFGZ 160307
SVSFGZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
807 PM MST Sun Aug 15 2021

AZC005-160315-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210816T0315Z/
Coconino-
807 PM MST Sun Aug 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COCONINO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
815 PM MST...
                
The storm in the area of Supai which prompted the warning has 
weakened below severe limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed 
to expire. Heavy rain and cloud-to-ground lightning will remain a 
threat.

LAT...LON 3633 11275 3632 11273 3634 11273 3635 11271
      3635 11269 3634 11268 3635 11267 3636 11265
      3638 11265 3639 11263 3641 11262 3637 11249
      3620 11252 3630 11277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 026DEG 9KT 3633 11264 

$$

McCollum

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 5:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Navajo31 min
Aug 15, 5:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache18 min
Aug 15, 6:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache12 min
Aug 15, 6:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino36 min
Aug 15, 7:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo26 min
Aug 15, 8:17 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino3 hr
Aug 15, 8:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila31 min
Aug 15, 10:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai33 min
Aug 15, 11:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai29 min
Aug 15, 11:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai24 min
Aug 15, 11:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai21 min
Aug 15, 11:50 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZYavapai25 min
Aug 16, 12:08 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai37 min
Aug 16, 12:40 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai35 min
Aug 16, 1:00 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai45 min
Aug 16, 11:55 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZApache35 min
Aug 16, 1:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino45 min
Aug 16, 1:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo52 min
Aug 16, 1:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino43 min
Aug 16, 2:09 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZNavajo3 hr
Aug 16, 2:16 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningFGZCoconino3 hr
Aug 16, 2:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino50 min
Aug 16, 2:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Navajo33 min
Aug 16, 2:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache, Navajo45 min
Aug 16, 2:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Gila, Navajo37 min
Aug 16, 2:41 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Yavapai34 min
Aug 16, 3:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache, Navajo22 min
Aug 16, 3:10 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache3 hr
Aug 16, 3:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Gila36 min
Aug 16, 3:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache33 min
Aug 16, 4:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache35 min
Aug 16, 4:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila26 min
Aug 16, 4:42 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache4 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.