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 Aug 13, 9:45 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 945 AM MST SUN AUG 13 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF ARIZONA TODAY. EXPECT A SLIGHT DRYING TREND WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARIZONA...AND MORE COVERAGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL ARIZONA DECREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HIGHER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN THE EAST. && .DISCUSSION...SATELLITE AND PWAT IMAGERY PRODUCTS SHOW DRIER AIR STILL IN PLACE OVER THE NW CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IS SPREADING NORTHWARD OVER THIS AREA... ESPECIALLY IN THE MID-LEVELS...DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LAST NIGHT OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. CONFLUENCE AXIS STILL IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL AZ SEPARATING THE TWO AIR STREAMS. PWAT VALUES HOVERING NEAR CLIMATOLOGY WITH ABOVE AVERAGE VALUES IN THE EAST AND BELOW NORMAL VALUES NW. SOUNDINGS AND MODEL DATA SHOW ADEQUATE INSTABILITY TODAY MOST AREAS EXCEPT FAR NW CORNER FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. AGAIN THINKING THAT STORMS IN THE WEST WILL BE STRUGGLING WITH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AND DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT INTO UPDRAFTS FOR WEAKER AND MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY...WHILE TOWARD THE NM BORDER THIN CAPE PROFILE SUGGESTS THE POTENTIAL AGAIN FOR HEAVY RAIN. IN BETWEEN...A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY MAXIMIZE THE WIND SHEAR WITH INSTABILITY FOR SOME SMALL HAIL PRODUCTION. ALL IN ALL...SETTING UP TO BE A SIMILAR DAY TO YESTERDAY...WITH PERHAPS MORE COVERAGE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS THAN YESTERDAY...ALONG WITH MORE ACTIVITY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY. WILL UPDATE GRIDS/ZONES TO SHOW A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY TODAY...OTHERWISE SHORT-TERM LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE. STAUDENMAIER && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 21Z...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM KPRC TO THE KGCN. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...WITH LINGERING FOG AND LOW CIGS OVERNIGHT IN FAVORED LOCATIONS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. BK && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST SUN AUG 13 2006 AZZ004>018-037>040-140700- 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 SUN AUG 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. AS A RESULT...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THE STORMS...THE MAIN THREAT TODAY WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING ISSUES IN THE EVENT OF HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. STORMS TODAY WILL GENERALLY MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND INTO THE LOWER VALLEYS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED ON A DAILY BASIS...ESPECIALLY EAST SECTIONS. EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. STAUDENMAIER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused street flooding to the top of tires in Pinetop-Lakeside. Roads were blocked by high water and water entered a few homes.
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