Arizona, 2002

Hail in Arizona, August 28, 2002

August 28, 2002 · 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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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Aug 28, 2:50 PM MST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 2:50 PM MST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
250 PM MST WED AUG 28 2002

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN
AND CENTRAL ARIZONA THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM FLAGSTAFF EASTWARD INTO THURSDAY EVENING...SOME
STORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG. DRIER AIR WILL AGAIN MOVE IN FROM THE
WEST THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED OVER
MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL BE
SLOW TO LEAVE THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN RIM AND WHITE
MOUNTAINS LASTING INTO NEXT WEEK.

.DISCUSSION...A BUSY DAY TODAY WILL LIKELY TURN INTO A BUSY NIGHT.
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIV SIGNATURE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL ZONES WILL
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...AND SHIFT SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST AS THE
LAST S/WV ROTATES AROUND THE GREAT BASIN TROUGH. THIS COULD LEAD TO
A MCS TONIGHT...OR AT LEAST LONG-LIVED NOCTURNAL CONVECTION. EVENING
CONVECTION WILL ALSO PUSH THE MOISTURE FARTHER WEST OVERNIGHT...AT
LEAST UP TO FLAGSTAFF. THIS MOISTURE WILL ENABLE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY
THURSDAY FROM FLG EASTWARD...BEFORE THE GREAT BASIN TROUGH LIFTS TO
THE NORTH AND FLOW TURNS MORE WESTERLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE STATE. THIS WILL PROGRESSIVELY DRY OUT MUCH OF THE AREA BY
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH POPS HOLDING OUT THE LONGEST IN THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS. THE EXTENDED PERIOD FEATURES DRY WESTERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUE TO SIT JUST
SOUTH OF AN OPTIMAL POSITION. THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE STATE WILL REMAIN IN MARGINAL MOISTURE...SO WE WILL KEEP POPS IN
THE EXTENDED IN ZONES 16/17/18 ONLY. PETERSON.

.FGZ...NONE.

.CODED TEMPERATURES/POPS FOR SELECTED CITIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA

CITY             TEMPERATURES LO/HI           PROBABILITY OF PRECIP
                 TON THU   FRI     SAT        TON THU   FRI     SAT
FLAGSTAFF        049/078 046/080 045/080      020 030 000 000 000 000
WINSLOW          062/089 059/089 057/089      020 020 020 000 000 000
PRESCOTT         060/087 057/090 056/090      020 000 000 000 000 000
PAGE             069/091 067/092 066/092      000 000 000 000 000 000
WINDOW ROCK      047/079 046/082 045/082      030 030 020 000 000 000
CANYON DE CHELLY 055/085 054/088 053/088      020 020 000 000 000 000
COTTONWOOD       068/098 065/101 064/101      020 000 000 000 000 000
GRAND CANYON     049/079 046/081 045/081      000 000 000 000 000 000
GREER            046/073 043/075 042/075      040 040 030 020 020 020
HEBER            051/083 048/085 047/085      030 030 020 000 000 000
JACOB LAKE       049/076 046/078 045/078      000 000 000 000 000 000
NAVAJO N.M.      052/079 051/082 050/082      020 020 000 000 000 000
PAYSON           061/091 058/094 057/094      030 030 020 000 000 000
SEDONA           066/095 063/098 062/098      020 000 000 000 000 000
SELIGMAN         053/090 050/093 049/093      000 000 000 000 000 000
SHOW LOW         057/083 054/085 053/085      030 030 030 020 020 020
ST. JOHNS        057/084 054/084 052/084      040 040 030 020 020 020
WUPATKI N.M.     063/091 060/091 058/091      020 020 000 000 000 000

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Gila

When
August 28, 6:58 PM MST
Where
Gila County, Strawberry
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.400, -111.517

One inch hail covered the ground in the town of Strawberry.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5317782.