1 lightning, 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 10, 9:40 AM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 940 AM MST SUN SEP 10 2006 .SYNOPSIS...DRIER AIR ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE WILL LIMIT THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH MONDAY OR TUESDAY. MOISTURE IS SET TO RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PORTIONS OF THE WEEK...WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .DISCUSSION...SIGNIFICANT DRYING ACROSS THE CWA WILL LIMIT CONVECTION IS MOST AREAS. SOME DYNAMICS AHEAD OF A WEAKENING TROUGH IN EASTERN UTAH WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION TO NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS ARE CLOSER TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE...A SLIGHT CHANCE IS REASONABLE THERE AS WELL. IN MOST OTHER AREAS...WE HAVE TRIED TO GET THE 12Z SOUNDING TO CONVECT...BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE. EARLY MORNING CUMULUS UP TO ABOUT 650 MB WILL LIKELY MIX OUT...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BY AFTERNOON. WE WILL BE MAKING SIGNIFICANT UPDATES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. DRY AIR STILL IN PLACE MONDAY...AND WE WILL LIKELY DROP POPS FOR THIS PERIOD IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. BY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN BAJA WILL SLOWLY WRAP MOISTURE BACK INTO ARIZONA FOR INCREASING POPS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. PETERSON. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WITH ISOLD MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 950 AM MST SUN SEP 10 2006 AZZ004>018-037>040-110700- 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- 950 AM MST SUN SEP 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY MUCH DRIER AIR HAS MOVED OVER THE STATE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. EXPECT ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN MANY AREAS...WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIMITED TO THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. STORMS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE ISOLATED AND THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED MODERATE TO BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An eighteen year old Northern Arizona University student was struck by lightning while on an athletic field. He was critically injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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