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 Jul 15, 9:30 PM MST, 19 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 930 PM MST SAT JUL 15 2005 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH VERY WARM HIGH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA TO PRODUCE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...COUNTLESS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING...DUE TO AFTERNOON STORMS. WITH A DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER AND LINGERING INSTABILITY...BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS ARE AIDING IN SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM FORMATION. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS NORTHWARD. NOTHING TOO SIGNIFICANT EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT. MAY UPDATE FORECAST TO KEEP MENTION OF SHOWERS IN FORECAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL MONITOR TRENDS NEXT COUPLE HOURS BEFORE DECIDING. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO REPOSITION ITSELF TO OUR NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...PLACING AZ IN A DRIER NW FLOW ALOFT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO POPS FOR FAR NW CWA INCLUDING GRAND CANYON AREA. DUE TO NORTHWESTWARD MOISTURE PUSH FROM STORM OUTFLOWS TODAY...BELIEVE THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR STORM OVER THAT AREA SUNDAY. REST OF FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. JJ .AVIATION...FOR 06Z PACKAGE...ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH COVERAGE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH AREAL COVERAGE NEAR 20 PERCENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH 10 PERCENT OR LESS OVER THE VALLEYS. AVIATION SECTION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1056 AM MST SAT JUL 16 2005 AZZ004>018-037>040-170700- BLACK MESA AREA-CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- COCONINO PLATEAU-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- KAIBAB PLATEAU-LITTLE COLORADO RVR VLY IN APACHE CO- LITTLE COLORADO RVR VLY IN COCONINO CO- LITTLE COLORADO RVR VLY IN NAVAJO CO-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF 264- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS 264 NORTH-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS- 1056 AM MST SAT JUL 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR... .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGH BASED AGAIN TODAY WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF MODERATE RAIN OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN...WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO REACH THE GROUND BELOW 5000 FEET. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An Apache County Sheriff's Deputy reported seeing a tornado near Concho. It was possibly a "gustnado" along an outflow in that area.
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