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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 24, 2021Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 5:58 PM MDT for Navajo 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, 5:58 PM MDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

072 
WUUS55 KFGZ 242358
SVRFGZ
AZC017-250030-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0073.210724T2358Z-210725T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM MST/630 PM MDT/.

* At 457 PM MST/557 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11
  miles west of Forest Lake Chapter House, or 39 miles northwest of
  Keams Canyon, moving west at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  Navajo County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3642 11038 3626 11037 3620 11072 3643 11072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 086DEG 12KT 3632 11051 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

McCollum
1 follow-up statement
571 
WWUS55 KFGZ 250015
SVSFGZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
515 PM MST Sat Jul 24 2021

AZC017-250030-
/O.CON.KFGZ.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210725T0030Z/
Navajo-
515 PM MST Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM
MST/630 PM MDT/ FOR NAVAJO COUNTY...

At 514 PM MST/614 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles
southeast of Cow Springs, or 39 miles east of Tuba City, moving west
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. Wind gusts to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
Navajo County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3642 11038 3626 11037 3620 11072 3643 11072
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 086DEG 12KT 3632 11058 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

McCollum

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache34 min
Jul 23, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZCoconino3 hr
Jul 24, 12:13 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo5 hr
Jul 24, 8:22 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo16 hr
Jul 24, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache32 min
Jul 24, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache34 min
Jul 24, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache29 min
Jul 24, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache32 min
Jul 24, 5:01 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZYavapai119 min
Jul 24, 5:05 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache3 hr
Jul 24, 5:18 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFGZApache, Navajo3 hr
Jul 24, 5:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo25 min
Jul 24, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo39 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.