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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 17, 2021

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2021, 2:24 PM MST. It was in force for 21 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 17, 2021, 2:24 PM MST (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2021, 2:45 PM MST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 1:14 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:14 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:47 PM MST, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:24 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 16, 5:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	26 min
Jul 16, 5:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Gila, Yavapai	26 min
Jul 16, 5:55 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Coconino, Gila, Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 16, 6:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	52 min
Jul 16, 7:24 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:22 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	6 hr
Jul 17, 1:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		28 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.