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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 16, 2021Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2021, 7:42 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 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 16, 2021, 7:42 PM MST (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2021, 8:15 PM MST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 16, 3:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2021-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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 2021-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

421 
WUUS55 KFGZ 170242
SVRFGZ
AZC025-170315-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0150.210817T0242Z-210817T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
742 PM MST Mon Aug 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Yavapai County in west central Arizona...

* Until 815 PM MST.

* At 742 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 23 miles southeast
  of Diamond M Ranch, or 34 miles northeast of Wikieup, moving
  southwest 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...
  Mount Hope.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3513 11318 3507 11298 3488 11305 3503 11333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 024DEG 13KT 3501 11313 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ET

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:04 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache, Navajo3 hr
Aug 16, 6:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai27 min
Aug 16, 7:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai37 min
Aug 16, 7:37 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino23 min
Aug 16, 7:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino33 min
Aug 16, 8:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai26 min
Aug 16, 8:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino24 min
Aug 16, 9:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila42 min
Aug 16, 10:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai29 min
Aug 16, 10:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai25 min
Aug 17, 12:04 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Gila, Navajo3 hr
Aug 17, 12:15 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino60 min
Aug 17, 12:22 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino5 hr
Aug 17, 12:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Gila, Navajo46 min
Aug 17, 12:41 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatFGZCoconino3 hr
Aug 17, 12:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino46 min
Aug 17, 1:06 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino5 hr
Aug 17, 1:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino44 min
Aug 17, 1:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino39 min
Aug 17, 1:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino47 min
Aug 17, 1:37 PM MSTFlash Flood WatchFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo9 hr
Aug 17, 2:03 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino5 hr
Aug 17, 2:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino51 min
Aug 17, 2:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino45 min
Aug 17, 2:18 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino5 hr
Aug 17, 3:03 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino3 hr
Aug 17, 3:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino33 min
Aug 17, 3:44 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Yavapai3 hr
Aug 17, 4:06 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino, Yavapai3 hr
Aug 17, 4:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai26 min
Aug 17, 4:22 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino3 hr
Aug 17, 4:46 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZYavapai3 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.