Lightning stuck and killed a man from the town of Nazlini.
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Lightning stuck and killed a man from the town of Nazlini.
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 15, 2:00 PM MST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 200 PM MST SUN JUL 15 2007 .SYNOPSIS...EXPECT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM AGAIN ON MONDAY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF ARIZONA. && .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...MOGOLLON RIM...AND KAIBAB PLATEAU...AS WELL AS THE DEFIANCE PLATEAU AND BLACK MESA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AS EXPECTED...THE NORTHERN STORMS REMAINED WEAK AND DISSIPATED AS THEY MOVED INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. FARTHER SOUTH....STORMS PRODUCED OUTFLOWS THAT MOVED INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS GENERATING ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THAT CONTINUES THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY. EARLIER MODEL RUNS SUGGESTED THAT THIS FEATURE MIGHT USHER IN SOME DRIER AIR ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE WITH SOME DECREASE IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN ZONES. MORE RECENT MODEL RUNS INDICATE THAT THE DRIER AIR MAY REMAIN FARTHER WEST AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS. CURRENT FCST GRIDS WILL GO WITH THE NEWER SOLUTION AND CONTINUE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LATE IN THE WEEK HIGH PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE NORTHWARD ALLOWING A DEEPER AND MORE MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS ARIZONA WITH SOME INCREASE IN SHOWER ACTIVITY EXPECTED. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z PACKAGE...ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...WITH SKIES TURNING MOSTLY CLEAR FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED STORMS IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP AFTER 18Z MONDAY...THOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE WILL NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE INCLUSION OF TS IN EVERY TAF. SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 35 KTS WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && DB/KD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST SUN JUL 15 2007 AZZ004>018-037>040-160700- 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 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND MOGOLLON RIM BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND WESTWARD INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 215 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 21-year-old man from the town of Nazlini was watching a rain swollen waterfall from a metal bridge. He was struck by a lightning bolt while standing on the bridge. He was transported to a Phoenix hospital where he later died. Other individuals in the vicinity of the strike were knocked over by the shock wave but were not seriously injured.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Apache | 2007-07-15 | 21 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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