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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 14, 2023Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2023, 2:07 PM MST for Gila County, Yavapai 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 14, 2023, 2:07 PM MST (21:07 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2023, 5:15 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Gila County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 Sep 13, 2:55 PM MST, 23 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 2:55 PM MST, 23 hours 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
Sep 13, 5:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		29 min
Sep 13, 5:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		31 min
Sep 13, 5:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		28 min
Sep 13, 5:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGZ	Yavapai	40 min
Sep 13, 6:15 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	FGZ	Coconino, Navajo	2 hr
Sep 13, 6:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		30 min
Sep 13, 6:52 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr
Sep 14, 12:42 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	FGZ	Yavapai	3 hr

Nearby

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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.