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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

July 23, 2022Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2022, 5:19 PM MST for Coconino County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2022, 5:19 PM MST (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2022, 10:30 PM MST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 23, 3:03 PM MST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:03 PM MST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:07 PM MST, 1 hour 12 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 23, 5:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Apache	40 min
Jul 23, 5:35 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		40 min
Jul 23, 5:49 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Navajo	3 hr
Jul 23, 6:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	35 min
Jul 23, 6:44 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Jul 23, 7:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ	Yavapai	40 min
Jul 24, 1:09 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Apache	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:45 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		15 min
Jul 24, 2:14 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Navajo	4 hr
Jul 24, 3:00 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:13 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Coconino	32 min
Jul 24, 3:34 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino	2 hr
Jul 24, 4:56 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Coconino	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.