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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 5, 2021Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2021, 3:36 PM MST for Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2021, 3:36 PM MST (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2021, 4:00 PM MST
In force
24 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 Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2021-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-05The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

413 
WUUS55 KFGZ 052236
SVRFGZ
AZC025-052300-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.SV.W.0090.210805T2236Z-210805T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
336 PM MST Thu Aug 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a

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

* Until 400 PM MST.

* At 334 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jerome and 
  is nearly stationary.

  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...
  Jerome, Potato Patch Campground, Mingus Mountain Campground and
  Playground Group Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3465 11211 3470 11220 3479 11213 3473 11204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 217DEG 2KT 3472 11212 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
041 
WWUS55 KFGZ 052252
SVSFGZ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
352 PM MST Thu Aug 5 2021

AZC025-052300-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-210805T2300Z/
Yavapai-
352 PM MST Thu Aug 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM MST...
                
The storm near Jerome which prompted the Severe Thunderstorm Warning 
has weakened below severe limits. Therefore, the warning will be 
allowed to expire at 400 PM MST.

This storm produced over an inch of rainfall just south of Jerome 
and minor flows may be observed in Blowout Creek and Oak Wash this 
afternoon.

LAT...LON 3465 11211 3470 11220 3479 11213 3473 11204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 217DEG 2KT 3473 11211 

$$

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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.