1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 26, 2:30 PM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2003
.SYNOPSIS...A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA THROUGH
NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS
ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES
THROUGH THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL.
.DISCUSSION...UPPER HIGH OVER SOUTHERN ROCKIES OF COLORADO SHIFTS
WESTWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN BY TOMORROW. CWA REMAINS UNDER A
MOIST EASTERLY FLOW. PW VALUES HOVERING NEAR AN INCH ACROSS THE
ENTIRE CWA ATTM. MODELS INDICATE ANOTHER INFLUX OF MOISTURE LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH PWS INCREASING BY A QUARTER OF AN
INCH. APPROACHING JET STREAK TO MOVE ACROSS SE AZ TONIGHT. THIS
FEATURE ALREADY FIRING OFF CONVECTION OVER WHITE MTNS AND RIM AREAS.
CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA COULD LINGER THRU THE NIGHT AS DIVERGENCE
ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STREAK CROSSES THE CWA. TOMORROW AND MONDAY
LOOK MORE UNSTABLE AS INVERTED TROF MOVES WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN AZ.
MODELS INDICATE AN INCREASE IN THETA-E AND LIS FOR SUNDAY. FOCUS
AREAS TOMORROW INCLUDE THE RIM AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA.
STORMS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AND FLOODING POTENTIAL
WILL BE OF CONCERN.
EXTENDED...SEE NOTHING IN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS THAT WARRANTS ANY
CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT DAILY MONSOON FCST. UPPER HIGH STAYS OVER
THE GREAT BASIN WITH MOIST FLOW INTO THE REGION CONTINUING. DF
.FGZ...NONE.
.CODED TEMPERATURES/POPS FOR SELECTED CITIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
CITY TEMPERATURES LO/HI PROBABILITY OF PRECIP
TON SUN MON TUE TON SUN MON TUE
FLAGSTAFF 056/080 057/079 054/076 030 060 030 060 040 050
WINSLOW 067/094 068/090 065/087 020 040 030 040 030 030
PRESCOTT 065/087 066/085 064/082 030 050 040 060 030 040
PAGE 070/096 072/093 069/090 020 020 030 040 030 040
WINDOW ROCK 060/090 058/086 055/083 030 040 040 060 040 040
CANYON DE CHELLY 070/096 068/092 065/089 020 030 030 050 030 030
COTTONWOOD 073/098 074/096 072/093 020 040 030 050 020 030
GRAND CANYON 055/082 056/081 053/078 020 050 020 050 030 040
GREER 052/076 053/075 050/072 050 060 050 060 040 060
HEBER 057/085 058/084 055/081 040 060 040 060 040 060
JACOB LAKE 056/078 057/077 054/074 020 040 020 050 030 040
NAVAJO N.M. 064/090 062/086 059/083 020 030 030 050 030 030
PAYSON 066/092 067/090 065/087 030 020 040 060 030 040
SEDONA 071/096 072/094 070/091 020 040 030 050 020 030
SELIGMAN 058/090 059/088 057/085 020 040 030 040 020 030
SHOW LOW 064/086 065/085 062/082 030 050 030 060 040 050
ST. JOHNS 062/088 063/084 060/081 030 050 040 050 040 040
WUPATKI N.M. 070/096 071/092 068/089 020 050 030 050 030 030AZZ004>018-037>040-270200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 945 AM MST SAT JUL 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY LOOK FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AND HAIL. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING AROUND NOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WARM AND VERY MOISTURE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOOK FOR A CONTINUED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED THREAT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY...MAINLY OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOGOLLON RIM AND YAVAPAI COUNTY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER...A WEATHER EVENT POSING A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds damaged part of a boat storage facility, uprooted a large tree, and resulted in a power outage for up to 5 hours.
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