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 Feb 26, 2:45 PM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 245 PM MST SAT FEB 26 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE WEST COAST IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHLAND FROM WEST TO EAST. ON MONDAY NIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO AREAS EAST OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER. OTHERWISE DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND. && .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION TODAY STARTED AROUND 18Z AND HAS EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOTED AS WELL. THIS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIE OFF AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT...SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW EVENINGS. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND AND HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG TO THE VALLEY AREAS BELOW 6000 FEET. PROGS ARE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING A H5 RIDGE INTO WESTERN ARIZONA SUNDAY. THE SUBSIDENCE AND WARMER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RIDGE SHOULD ALLOW FOR A DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS FROM WEST TO EAST. BY MONDAY...NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT OVER THE STATE WITH AREAS OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL RH SHOULD KEEP SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY. THERE IS A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE COMING THROUGH THE RIDGE AND LOCATED OVER NORTHERN NEVADA AT SUNSET MONDAY. THIS FEATURE SHOWN TO MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARDS TO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BY MID DAY TUESDAY...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA. DID INCREASE THE POPS FOR AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... BROAD HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT IS BUILDING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS SHOWN TO SET UP OVER WESTERN COLORADO. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE CWA IN A COOL NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW AND UNDERCUT MOS MAX HIGH TEMPS FOR WED/THURSDAY. SHOULD THE PROGS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY VERIFY...IT SHOULD BE QUITE NICE ACROSS THE AREAS WITH TEMPS 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND LIGHT WINDS. DL && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A HAM operator in Chino Valley reported a funnel cloud.
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, February 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5441292.