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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2021, 12:36 PM MST for Apache 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
- Jul 10, 2021, 12:36 PM MST (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2021, 1:00 PM MST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
County Apache County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 10, 10:18 AM MST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 10:18 AM MST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:36 PM MST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 136 PM MDT Sat Jul 10 2021 AZZ011-040-102000- Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau- Northeast Plateaus and Mesas South of Hwy 264- 136 PM MDT Sat Jul 10 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER APACHE COUNTY AND THE NAVAJO NATION UNTIL 200 PM MDT... At 134 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wide Ruins moving south at 20 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Wide Ruins and parts of US Hwy 191 between Wide Ruins and Chambers. LAT...LON 3551 10957 3550 10939 3530 10935 3533 10966 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 004DEG 17KT 3543 10948 NL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 9, 5:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:11 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 34 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, 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 | 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.