Arizona, 2001

Hail in Arizona, July 1, 2001

July 1, 2001 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 1, 9:30 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 9:30 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
930 AM MST SUN JUL 01 2001

SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN INCREASINGLY MOIST FLOW ACROSS NORTHERN
ARIZONA. A STRONGER SURGE OF MOISTURE WITH INCREASING SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BY MID WEEK.

DISCUSSION...4-CORNERS HIGH DOMINATES WEATHER PATTERN...PRODUCING A
WEAK EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS CWA. SFC DP'S SLOWLY INCREASING OVER THE
CWA. EASTERLY WAVE OVER TX CONTINUES ITS SLOW MOVEMENT WESTWARD AND
WILL RE-ENFORCE RH UPSWING WITH TIME. INFLUX OF MID LEVEL RH INTO
NORTHERN AZ EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WHILE LOWER LEVELS REMAIN DRY THRU
TOMORROW. BEST INSTABILITY INDICATED NEAR NM BORDER AND OVER THE
WHITE MTNS. EXPECT HIGH BASED CONVECTION WITH SCATTERED POPS OUT
EAST AND ISOLATED ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE THIS PERIOD. ALL THIS HANDLED
WELL IN CURRENT PKG AND NO UPDATES PLANNEgD.  DB

.FGZ...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:59 AM MST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
AZZ004>018-037>040-301930-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
930 AM MST SUN JUL 01 2001

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY...

DISCUSSION...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAIRLY STABLE WITH ONLY LIMITED
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS LATER IN THE DAY. OWING TO THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF
MOISTURE... PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:30 AM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AZZ004>018-037>040-301930-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
930 AM MST SUN JUL 01 2001

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY...

DISCUSSION...THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS FAIRLY STABLE WITH ONLY LIMITED
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS LATER IN THE DAY. OWING TO THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF
MOISTURE... PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Coconino

When
July 1, 11:15 AM MST
Where
Coconino County, Bellemont
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
35.233, -111.833

An off duty NWS employee reported 3/4 inch hail on I-40 seven miles west of Flagstaff (three miles east of Bellemont).

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5252625.