1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 2:45 PM MST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 245 PM MST SAT JUL 22 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARIZONA INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS MEANS THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...ALTHOUGH NOT AS HOT AS THE LAST FEW DAYS. && .DISCUSSION...A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING EAST...AND THEN SOUTH TO A POSITION DIRECTLY OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE VALUES ARE HIGHEST ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH SOME DRIER AIR WORKING INTO SE AZ SEEN ON 12Z TUCSON AND PHOENIX SOUNDINGS. PRECIPITABLE WATER FROM KFGZ THIS MORNING WAS 0.96 INCHES WHICH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. SOME SOUTHERLY SFC WINDS DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS MORNING OVER YAVAPAI AND SOUTHERN COCONINO COUNTY IMPORTING SOME DRIER AIR INTO THAT REGION. THIS HAS HINDERED STORM DEVELOPMENT SOUTH AND WEST OF FLAGSTAFF. WITH THE DRIER AIR REMAINING THERE THIS EVENING...WE ARE ONLY EXPECTING ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY. SLOW MOVING STORMS HAVE FIRED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE VALLEYS OF NE ARIZONA THIS EVENING BUT ONLY EXPECTING 20-30 PERCENT COVERAGE. AS THE STRONG RIDGE SHIFTS SOUTHWARD OVER NRN AZ BY NEXT WEEK... THE DEEP EASTERLY FLOW TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL TURN TO LIGHT NORTHERLY FLOW. THIS WILL CHANGE STORM MOTIONS AND FAVOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE RIM. ONE THING THAT MAY LIMIT AREAL COVERAGE IS THE RATHER WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...AND ALSO SOME DRIER AIR MOVING INTO FAR NORTHERN AZ. WITH ALL THIS SAID...EACH DAY WILL NOT VARY MUCH WITH MODERATE MONSOON LEVELS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING. JJ. && .AVIATION....FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. STRONG VISIBILITY-INHIBITING DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS WELL IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY OF SHOWERS MAY NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE INCLUSION OF TS IN EVERY TAF SITE. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. KD && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST SAT JUL 22 2006 AZZ004>018-037>040-230700- 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 SAT JUL 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARIZONA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH AND AFFECT VALLEY AREAS OF NORTHEAST ARIZONA DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. THE COVERAGE OF STORMS SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM WILL BE LOWER TODAY WITH THE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR...BUT ANY STORMS THAT MOVE INTO THAT AREA WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARIZONA BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. JJ
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding southeast of Tusayan. Water in Red Horse Wash was flowing 2 to 2.5 feet deep over a Forest Service road.
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