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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 24, 2021Apache County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 2:43 PM MST for Apache County, Arizona. It was in force for 32 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 24, 2021, 2:43 PM MST (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2021, 3:15 PM MST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Apache County, AZ

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 261 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WUUS55 KFGZ 242143
SVRFGZ
AZC001-242215-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0070.210724T2143Z-210724T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
343 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Apache County in northeastern Arizona...

* Until 415 PM MDT.

* At 343 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Twin Falls,
  or 26 miles west of Shiprock, moving west at 30 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...
  Twin Falls, Red Mesa, Totacon and Teec Nos Pos. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3694 10904 3664 10904 3660 10953 3700 10943
      3700 10933
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 101DEG 24KT 3683 10917 

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

TPS

2 follow-up statements

995 
WWUS55 KFGZ 242202
SVSFGZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
402 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

AZC001-242215-
/O.CON.KFGZ.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-210724T2215Z/
Apache-
402 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR APACHE COUNTY...

At 401 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Totacon, or 38 miles southeast of Mexican Hat, moving west at 30 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...
Totacon.

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 3694 10925 3663 10924 3660 10953 3694 10944
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 078DEG 27KT 3673 10942 

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

TPS

132 
WWUS55 KFGZ 242212
SVSFGZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
412 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

AZC001-242222-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-210724T2215Z/
Apache-
412 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR APACHE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain
are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3694 10925 3663 10924 3660 10953 3694 10944
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 101DEG 24KT 3674 10951 

$$

TPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 5:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache	34 min
Jul 23, 6:00 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino	3 hr
Jul 23, 11:13 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo	5 hr
Jul 24, 7:22 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	16 hr
Jul 24, 1:28 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache	32 min
Jul 24, 1:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache	34 min
Jul 24, 2:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache	29 min
Jul 24, 4:01 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	119 min
Jul 24, 4:05 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Apache	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:18 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Apache, Navajo	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:20 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Navajo	25 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Navajo	39 min
Jul 24, 4:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Navajo	32 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.