Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 7, 2006

Name: Heavy Rain in Arizona, September 7, 2006
Start: 2006-09-07T16:05
End: 2006-09-07T18:00
Location: Arizona

September 7, 2006 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Sep 7, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 15 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, 6 hours 25 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.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Yavapai

When: September 7, 4:05 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where: Yavapai County, Prescott
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain fell over a large portion of Yavapai County from Prescott to Ash Fork. A spotter in Chino Valley reported about an inch of rain in just fifteen minutes with a total of over three inches of rain. Lowland flooding was observed near Paulden. Water was running over Highway 89 and was closed in several locations between mile posts 324 and 331.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5534629.