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Flash Flood Warning 332, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 22, 2022Apache County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2022, 3:34 PM MST for Apache County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2022, 3:34 PM MST (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2022, 6:45 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Apache County, AZ

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 22, 2:51 PM MST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:51 PM MST, 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 22, 12:44 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1244 PM MST THU SEP 22 2022

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

0133 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 S WINDOW ROCK         35.66N 109.06W
09/21/2022                   APACHE             AZ   PUBLIC

            PHOTOS SENT IN VIA FACEBOOK OF FUNNEL CLOUD
            NEAR WINDOW ROCK.

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PTS

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 12:57 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 22, 1:39 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 22, 2:36 PM MST, 58 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
Sep 21, 5:33 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Navajo	3 hr
Sep 22, 9:05 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	23 hr
Sep 22, 12:46 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	4 hr
Sep 22, 12:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		33 min
Sep 22, 1:19 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	41 min
Sep 22, 1:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	36 min
Sep 22, 2:23 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Sep 22, 2:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Navajo	39 min
Sep 22, 3:51 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Sep 22, 4:07 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	23 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.