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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 2, 2023Coconino County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2023, 2:41 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2023, 2:41 PM MST (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2023, 3:15 PM MST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Coconino County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2023-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2023-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:25 AM MSTFlood WatchFGZCoconino9 hr
Aug 2, 12:36 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino24 min
Aug 2, 1:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ36 min
Aug 2, 1:32 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino28 min
Aug 2, 1:38 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino22 min
Aug 2, 2:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZ21 min
Aug 2, 2:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZCoconino23 min
Aug 2, 3:42 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementFGZNavajo33 min
Aug 2, 4:47 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZNavajo3 hr
Aug 2, 4:52 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGZApache3 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.