1 tornado, 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 Jun 17, 10:30 AM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1030 AM MST TUE JUN 17 2003
.SYNOPSIS...AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
ARIZONA TODAY AND LINGER THROUGH MIDWEEK. MOISTURE WILL ALSO
INCREASE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE RESULTING IN AFTERNOON
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM FLAGSTAFF EASTWARD. A BREEZY
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY BRINGING A DRYING TREND
AND NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND.
.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MAINLY
IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. MID TO UPPER LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE
TO TRACK EAST ACROSS ARIZONA...PROVIDING MINIMAL LARGE SCALE ASCENT.
THE BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE MAINLY FROM FLAGSTAFF EAST
THIS AFTERNOON. FAIRLY DRY AIR TO THE WEST WILL WRAP EAST BEHIND THE
LOW SO THERE WILL BE A FAIRLY STRONG EAST-WEST GRADIENT IN
CONVECTION...BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE PUT 10 PERCENT POPS AS
FAR WEST AS THE GRAND CANYON AND JACOB LAKE. INERTIAL INSTABILITY
TAKES SHAPE...EVIDENT AT 300 MB ON THE GFS MODELS FOR THIS EVENING
AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER EASTERN SECTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA...LOOKING FOR THE CONVECTION TO BE MORE LONG LIVED OVER THIS
AREA. WE HAVE INCREASED POPS OVER THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LCR...
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...AND AS FAR NORTH AS WINDOW ROCK TO AROUND 50
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPERING SOME AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...AND THIS DEPENDS UPON HOW MUCH DRY AIR COMES IN FROM THE
WEST THIS EVENING.
TC
.FGZ...NONE.
.CODED TEMPERATURES/POPS FOR SELECTED CITIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
CITY TEMPERATURES HI/LO PROBABILITY OF PRECIP
TDY TON WED THU TDY TON WED THU
FLAGSTAFF 081/044 079/044 077/040 040 020 020 020 005 005
WINSLOW 092/057 091/056 091/052 040 030 020 020 010 010
PRESCOTT 091/056 090/057 087/054 000 000 000 000 000 000
PAGE 096/068 094/066 092/065 010 010 010 010 000 000
WINDOW ROCK 084/048 082/046 080/043 050 040 030 030 020 020
CANYON DE CHELLY 091/055 089/053 087/050 040 040 020 020 010 010
COTTONWOOD 102/063 101/064 098/061 010 000 000 000 000 000
GRAND CANYON 085/045 083/045 081/041 010 010 010 010 000 000
GREER 079/043 077/043 075/039 050 040 030 030 010 010
HEBER 087/045 085/045 083/041 040 030 030 030 010 010
JACOB LAKE 077/047 075/047 073/043 010 000 000 000 000 000
NAVAJO N.M. 083/054 081/052 079/049 030 030 020 020 000 000
PAYSON 096/055 095/056 092/053 020 010 000 000 000 000
SEDONA 100/062 099/063 096/060 020 010 000 000 000 000
SELIGMAN 093/048 092/049 089/046 000 000 000 000 000 000
SHOW LOW 090/054 088/054 086/050 050 040 020 020 010 010
ST. JOHNS 095/053 092/052 090/048 050 040 030 030 020 020
WUPATKI N.M. 094/062 093/061 093/057 030 020 020 020 000 000AZZ004>018-037>040-180200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 700 AM MST TUE JUN 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:49 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado formed along a convergence zone about one mile west of Winslow. The tornado was nearly stationary and remained in rural areas for about 30 minutes.
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