1 funnel cloud, 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 Aug 10, 2:30 PM MST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 230 PM MST WED AUG 10 2005 .SYNOPSIS...THE ATMOSPHERE OVER ARIZONA WILL REMAIN VERY MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE CYCLE OF DAILY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. && .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION SLOW TO DEVELOP TODAY DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER. MAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITY SO FAR ARE YAVAPAI COUNTY AND THE COCONINO PLATEAU WHICH ARE UNDER AN AREA OF INERTIAL INSTABILITY ALOFT. AND THE LCR...WHICH WAS MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...IS ALSO STARTING TO BUBBLE ATTM. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION...WITH SOME CELLS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...TO CONTINUE THRU THE EVENING HOURS THEN SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. SEE LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN FOR TOMORROW. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST WITH PWS IN THE 1-2 INCH RANGE. GFS ALSO MAINTAINS THE WEAK INERTIAL INSTABILITY ALOFT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. THE CWA SHOULD SEE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS AGAIN. A SLOW DRYING TREND IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW AMPLITUDE TROF MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. BELIEVE THE DRYING IS OVERDONE GIVEN THE WEAK NATURE OF THE TROF. WILL CONTINUE WITH A LOW GRADE MONSOON FCST UNTIL IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT THE DRYING WILL ACTUALLY OCCUR. DF && .AVIATION...FOR 00Z PACKAGE...WDLY SCT SHRA AND TSRA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH AREAL COVERAGE DIMINISHING TO 30 PERCENT AFTER 03Z. CIGS WILL BE IN THE 2K-4K FT AGL RANGE WITHIN THE CONVECTION. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. &&
PHXWRKHWO DDHHMM HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST WED AUG 10 2005 AZZ004>018-037>040-110700- 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- 1000 AM MST WED AUG 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE ATMOSPHERE OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA REMAINS VERY MOIST UNDER A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. RADAR ALREADY IS INDICATING SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE REGION THIS MORNING. LOOK FOR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES WITH GENERAL STORM MOVEMENT TO THE NORTH. THE ACTIVITY IS FIRST EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND THE MOGOLLON RIM. AS THE DAY WEARS ON LOOK FOR THE STORMS OVER THE RIM TO DRIFT INTO THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN VERY SHORT TIME PERIODS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOOK FOR THE DAILY CYCLE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH THE AIR MASS REMAINING VERY MOIST THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. FORECAST MODELS INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD DAILY STORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FOCUS OF THE STORM ACTIVITY SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot reported seeing a funnel cloud 5 miles north of Prescott.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 2005
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