1 funnel cloud, 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 24, 2:40 PM MST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 240 PM MST MON JUL 24 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING EACH DAY. && .DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AS A MID-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IS SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA. HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SHOULD REMAIN IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. AS STEERING FLOW ALOFT REMAINS ON THE WEAK SIDE...STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARD AS THIS AFTERNOON WEARS ON. MODEL DIAGNOSTICS ARE ASSIGNING PEAK DYNAMICS (LIS AND CAPE VALUES) ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MOGOLLON RIM...AND THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE THE MOST ACTIVITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WARRANTS A WATCHFUL EYE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS IS IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER INTRUSION OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED FROM CONVECTION SPAWNED BY EMILIA OFF THE BAJA COAST. OTHERWISE...A MODERATE MONSOON PATTERN IS ANTICIPATED TO PERSIST. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL STAY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD. KD && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 04Z WITH SCT-BKN100-150 SKIES AND SCT 2SM TSRA/SHRA WITH LCL CIGS BKN030 AGL. SKIES BECMG SCT130-160 AFT 13Z TUESDAY MORNING WITH CONVECTION REDEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST MON JUL 24 2006 AZZ004>018-037>040-250700- 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 MON JUL 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY. MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD INITIALLY BE ACROSS THE MOGOLLON RIM AREAS LATER THIS MORNING AND THEN EXPAND INTO THE LOWER TERRAIN REGIONS OF YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS TODAY IS ANTICIPATED TO BE HAIL OCCASIONALLY APPROACHING THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...BUT LOCALIZED AREAS OF STRONG WINDS OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING COULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A CONCERN AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY AS ARIZONA REMAINS UNDER A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A well defined funnel cloud was seen in the Clarkdale/Sycamore Canyon area.
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