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Special Weather Statement, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 3:21 PM MST. It was in force for 39 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 26, 2021, 3:21 PM MST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2021, 4:00 PM MST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 223 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
638 WWUS85 KFGZ 262221 SPSFGZ Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 421 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021 AZZ011-262300- Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau- 421 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR APACHE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... At 420 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Navajo, or 30 miles northwest of Gallup. This storm was nearly stationary. Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Red Lake Chapter House and Sawmill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3579 10918 3599 10918 3600 10905 3579 10905 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 012DEG 2KT 3586 10907 $$ MAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:05 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Apache, Navajo | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:38 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 37 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Apache | 3 hr |
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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.