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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 6, 9:00 PM MST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 900 PM MST FRI AUG 06 2004 .SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT WITH PARTIAL CLEARING BY EARLY MORNING. SLIGHTLY DRIER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL DIMINISH THE AMOUNT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND NORMAL. && .DISCUSSION...BUSY EVENING WITH PLENTY OF SEVERE ACTIVITY. CONVECTION CONTINUES UNDER DIFFLUENT AREA ALOFT OVER YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES. THE DIFFLUENCE WEAKENS OVERNIGHT AND EXPECT THE CURRENT ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. ANTICYCLONE CENTER SLIPS SOUTH OF THE AZ/MEX BORDER TOMORROW. MODELS STILL PROG DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...REMNANTS OF COMPLEX SEEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY MOVING INTO THE CWA THIS EVENING. THIS LIKELY TO KEEP AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA VERY MOIST TOMORROW. ANTICYCLONE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE STATE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT A DOWNWARD TREND IN THE MONSOON ACTIVITY. DF && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 930 AM MST FRI AUG 6 2004 AZZ004>018-037>040-071400- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS- MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-KAIBAB PLATEAU-COCONINO PLATEAU- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- BLACK MESA AREA-LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY- 930 AM MST FRI AUG 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY MOISTURE VALUES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY COMPARED TO THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM TOWARDS PHOENIX. THE CLOUD COVER THAT INHIBITED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY HAS DECREASED THIS MORNING ALLOWING FOR STRONGER HEATING. THE COMBINATION OF WARMER MORNING TEMPERATURES AND MORE MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO AN ACTIVE DAY TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ROUGHLY ACROSS EASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY...NORTHERN GILA COUNTY...THE MOGOLLON RIM....AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE PAINTED DESERT. THESE AREAS WILL HAVE THE MOST FREQUENT THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION AS WELL TODAY...BUT WILL NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD OR AS STRONG. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY AROUND 15 MPH. THIS WILL DECREASE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING AND DUE TO THE LACK OF RAINFALL RECENTLY...THE CHANCES FOR FLOODING REMAIN LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THE CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD ARE LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
712 PM MST FRI AUG 06 2004
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0645 PM FLASH FLOOD N ROSE WELL 35.75N 112.87W
08/06/2004 COCONINO AZ PUBLIC
2 1/2 TON TRUCK AND TRUCK WITH TRAILER WASHED AWAY.
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DFThe Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
3/4 inch diameter hail was reported on the south side of Camp Navajo Army Depot in Bellemont.
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