Name: Hail in Arizona, July 9, 2006
Start: 2006-07-09T13:00
End: 2006-07-09T13:10
Location: Arizona

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 9, 9:00 AM MST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:00 AM MST, 4 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 10:00 AM MST, 3 hours before

PHXWRKHWO DDHHMM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1000 AM MST SUN JUL 9 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-100700-
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 JUL 9 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 AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA
TODAY. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE WILL SUPPORT AN ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WITH HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER
THE MAIN THREAT. FOR THE MOST PART THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED FROM
FLAGSTAFF...HEBER AND SHOW LOW NORTHWARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA
EACH DAY. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Coconino

When: July 9, 1:00 PM MST to 1:10 PM MST
Where: Coconino County, Flagstaff
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 35.200, -111.650

Nickel sized hail was reported in east Flagstaff.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Arizona in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, July 2006

Sources

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: 5527146.