1 heavy rain, 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 Sep 3, 9:40 AM MST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 940 AM MST SAT SEP 03 2005 .SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP MOISTURE OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE EARLY NEXT WEEK...GRADUALLY REDUCING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE BY LATE NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...LINGERING AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS CONVECTION HANGING OVER COCONINO COUNTY AT THIS TIME. MODELS SHOWING WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITH 45 KT H3-H2 JET OVER THE AREA GIVING THESE STORMS THE NEEDED INSTABILITY TO CONTINUE. EXPECTING A SLOW CLEARING OF SKIES...SO ANY NEW BEGINNING TO THE CONVECTION OVER THIS AREA TODAY WILL GET A LATE START. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA IS UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHERN YAVAPAI COUNTY. THIS AREA WILL GET FULL INSOLATION THIS MORNING...AND WITH DECENT MOISTURE...SHOULD START TO CONVECT LATER THIS MORNING. RIDGE SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS WILL RESULT IN OUR FLOW REMAINING OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST TODAY...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND IS FORECASTED TO BE OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE OUR FLOW TO SHIFT TO A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY TRAJECTORY AND WILL MARK A SLOW DECREASE IN MOISTURE...BUT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH AROUND FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THIS AFTERNOONS EXPECTED ACTIVITY...SO NO UPDATES PLANNED. CK && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND OFF THE MOGOLLON RIM AFTER 18Z AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER YAVAPAI AND WESTERN COCONINO COUNTIES BTWN 19Z-02Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. DL && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 945 AM MST SAT SEP 3 2005 AZZ004>018-037>040-040700- 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- 945 AM MST SAT SEP 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL LIKELY SUBSIDE DURING THE LATE MORNING...THEN FORM AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH HIGHER ELEVATIONS SEEING THE MOST ACTIVITY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...AND LOWER ELEVATIONS BY THE EVENING. STORMS WILL TEND TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND WILL GENERALLY BE SHORT-LIVED. THE PRIMARY THREAT TODAY WILL BE FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS FILLING DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POSSIBLY CAUSING URBAN STREET FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY...BRINGING DAILY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY DEEPEN INTO THE STATE EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL BRING DRIER AIR AND LOWER THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDWEEK. HOWEVER...IT WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF MORE INTENSE STORMS AS IT ENTERS THE REGION...MAINLY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BY THE END OF THE WEEK...DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain over the Cave Creek Complex burned (east of Bumble Bee) area caused flooding downstream. A river gage in Maricopa County (in WFO Phoenix's CWA) showed more than an eight foot rise in New River.
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, September 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: 5474128.