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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 9, 2021

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 5:11 PM MST. It was in force for 34 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 9, 2021, 5:11 PM MST (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 1:46 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:46 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:43 PM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 9, 3:46 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
346 PM MST FRI JUL 9 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     HAIL             1 NE PRESCOTT COURTHOUS 34.55N 112.46W
07/09/2021  E0.70 INCH       YAVAPAI            AZ   PUBLIC

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:11 PM MST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 5:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	45 min
Jul 9, 5:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	39 min
Jul 9, 5:32 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Navajo	43 min
Jul 9, 5:40 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	35 min
Jul 9, 6:14 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Navajo	46 min
Jul 9, 7:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Gila	46 min
Jul 10, 12:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Apache	24 min
Jul 10, 1:29 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Apache	2 hr
Jul 10, 1:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	31 min
Jul 10, 1:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		33 min
Jul 10, 2:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	39 min
Jul 10, 2:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Gila	4 hr
Jul 10, 2:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	50 min
Jul 10, 3:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:18 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila	27 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Apache, Navajo	48 min
Jul 10, 4:40 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Gila	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:40 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila, Navajo	50 min
Jul 10, 4:51 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.