1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 9:00 PM MST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 900 PM MST SAT APR 23 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING IMPROVING CONDITIONS BY MIDWEEK. && .DISCUSSION...MID TO UPPER TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH MOISTURE CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO ARIZONA FROM THE SOUTH. AS A RESULT...A WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS ARIZONA. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH COOLING MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES TO MAINTAIN AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. WITH DECENT LARGE-SCALE LIFT IN ADVANCE OF THE TROUGH AXIS EXPECT SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN ARIZONA. TROUGH AXIS AND COLD FRONT PUNCHES ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH INSTABILITY SHOWERS LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY NEAR THE UTAH AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER THAN ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS. THE SNOW LEVEL OVERNIGHT WILL REMAIN IN THE 8000 TO 9000 FOOT RANGE SO SHOULD BE NO ISSUES. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT HELPS MAINTAIN A COOL POOL OVER ARIZONA FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM NORTHWARD. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EACH DAY. BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY A SHORT-WAVE RIDGE WILL LIKELY BRING WARM AND DRY WEATHER BUT ALSO A STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS. MODELS STILL HINTING TOWARD ANOTHER STORM FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. MCCOLLUM && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 745 AM MST SAT APR 23 2005 AZZ004>018-037>040-241400- 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- 745 AM MST SAT APR 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. WIND SPEEDS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES. MOISTURE MOVING FROM THE SOUTH WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SKIES BECOMING OVERCAST BY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF FLAGSTAFF. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND START TO SPREAD WEST LATE IN THE DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WHERE AS MUCH AS THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH WET SNOW FALLING AS LOW AS 7200 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A house trailer was moved 30 to 40 feet and ended up on its side. No one in the trailer was hurt. Two power poles were also blown down. The wind lasted less than ten minutes.
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