Hail, Yavapai
- When
- September 7, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, Prescott Valley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.767, -112.450
Quarter sized hail fell in Prescott Valley.
Hail in Arizona, September 7, 2006
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Sep 7, 2:50 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 2:50 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 250 PM MST THU SEP 07 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST...COOL...AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARIZONA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE EACH DAY. A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT AS EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS FROM FLAGSTAFF NORTH AND WEST...ASSOCIATED WITH THE COOL MID-LEVEL TROUGH OVER SOUTHERN UTAH. THIS TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT...AND SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME CLEARING LATER TONIGHT AND A SUNNIER START FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE COLDER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN FRIDAY...WITH ANOTHER JET STREAK AFFECTING CENTRAL ARIZONA DURING THE AFTERNOON. COULD ACTUALLY BE A MORE ACTIVE DAY ON FRIDAY COMPARED TO TODAY. ZONES HAVE HIGH POPS THROUGH FRIDAY. MOISTURE IS SLOW TO LEAVE THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE HAVE RAISED POPS BACK INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY. LOOKS LIKE SOME NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND THIS IS WHEN WE WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RAMP THE POPS DOWN TO NEAR ZERO BY NEXT WEDNESDAY OR SO. PETERSON && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...WDLY SCT TO SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THIS EVENING...DECREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH 04Z. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 30-40KT WITH CIGS OF 3K TO 5K FT AGL WITH A REDUCTION TO VSBY OF 2 SM OR LESS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 9:40 AM MST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 940 AM MST THU SEP 7 2006 AZZ004>018-037>040-080700- 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- 940 AM MST THU SEP 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COOL AND MOIST AIRMASS ACROSS THE STATE WILL LEAD TO FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...AS WELL AS MUCH OF YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES. STORMS IN THESE AREAS WILL FORM BY NOON MST...AND WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL UP TO THE DIAMETER OF A QUARTER. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THE LAST FEW DAYS IN YAVAPAI COUNTY...THIS AREA WILL AGAIN BE PRONE TO SOME FLASH FLOODING FROM THE HEAVIEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXPECT ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH STORM ACTIVITY SLOWLY DECREASING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 7, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 7, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 7, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 7, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, September 7, 2006
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 7 to 8, 2006
- Hail in North Dakota, September 7, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 7, 2006
- Hail in Minnesota, September 7, 2006
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 7, 2006
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 7, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 7, 2006
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, September 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: 5534628.