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 Jun 23, 3:00 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF 300 PM MST THU JUN 23 2005 .SYNOPSIS...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. BEGINNING SATURDAY...A DRYING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY RETURN...PUSHING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS EASTWARD BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH REMAINS SITUATED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS MORNING WITH A RIDGE CENTERED JUST TO THE EAST OF ARIZONA. THIS ORIENTATION WILL ALLOW A MODERATELY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TO PERSIST. CURRENTLY...AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY IN YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES. THE MODELS FORECAST THE AREAS OF INSTABILITY WELL...PLACING THE MOST UNSTABLE LIS WHERE THE STRONGER STORMS INITIATED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUING TO INTERSECT...BUT MOST OF THE ISOLATED SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SUNSET. DESPITE A MORE MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN THE LOWER-LEVELS AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS COUPLE DAYS...ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING-CAUSE WILDFIRES REMAIN A DISTINCT CONCERN. FROM LATE FRIDAY INTO THE EARLY PORTIONS OF NEXT WEEK...THE WEST COAST TROUGH SHOULD GRADUALLY LIFT AND HEAD EASTWARD. IN ADDITION TO SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES...THINGS SHOULD EVENTUALLY DRY OUT OVER ARIZONA...ALTHOUGH THIS COULD TAKE A COUPLE DAYS. AT THE VERY LEAST...SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO THE LATTER PORTIONS OF THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN AZ. HAVE A DRY FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND BEYOND...AND THAT IS LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. && .AVIATION...FOR 00Z PACKAGE...A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STORMS CONTAIN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HAIL OVER .75 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH THE CHANCE OF TS AT ANY GIVEN AIRPORT WILL DECREASING OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT WARRANT INCLUSION IN ALL TAFS AFTER 03Z. AVIATION SECTION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && KD/ONTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
214 PM MST THU JUN 23 2005
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0201 PM HAIL GRAND CANYON VILLAGE 36.05N 112.15W
06/23/2005 1.00 INCH COCONINO AZ TRAINED SPOTTER
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BAKThe Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado was observed by law enforcement and the general public from I-40 between mile post 308 and 311. One report put the tornado on the ground about 20 miles east-northeast of the Petrified Forest National Park.
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