A thunderstorm produced strong winds in Rimrock.
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A thunderstorm produced strong winds in Rimrock.
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 Aug 3, 3:15 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 315 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS...SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TO NORTHERN ARIZONA CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO DROP TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. && .DISCUSSION...MOISTURE HAS INCREASED AGAIN TODAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS A RESULT OF PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS...AND SOME CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW FROM STORMS SATURDAY EVENING. THIS MOISTURE...COMBINED WITH SOME STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS...HAS RESULTED IN HIGHER STORM COVERAGE TODAY COMPARED TO SATURDAY. THE STORMS FORMED INITIALLY OVER THE WHITE MTNS AND MOGOLLON RIM CONVERGENCE ZONE...AND HAVE DRIFTED SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST. IT IS RATHER UNSTABLE ACROSS EASTERN YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 1200 J/KG. A FEW OF THE STORMS ACROSS THIS AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND UP TO 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. BY LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...FORECAST MODELS INDICATE THE TROUGH AXIS CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE STATE FROM MEXICO WILL MOVE UP TOWARD CENTRAL ARIZONA. THIS FEATURE MAY CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE MONDAY...AND AN ENHANCEMENT IN THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM SOUTHWARD. THE GFS MODEL APPEARS TO OVER-DEVELOP THIS DISTURBANCE...SO WE WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES A BIT LOWER THAN IT WOULD INDICATE. TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...A RIDGE TO OUR EAST IS FORECAST TO KEEP THE REGION UNDER FAIRLY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW. A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED EACH DAY. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING OVER MOST OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 03Z TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MOGOLLON RIM...WHERE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SEE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST (FWFFGZ) FOR DISCUSSION OF DAYS 1 AND 2. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && PUBLIC.............JJ AVIATION/FIRE WX...BAK VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 231 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-040415- KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 231 PM MST SUN AUG 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MOISTURE VALUES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH AND WEST INTO NORTHERN GILA COUNTY AND EASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS IN THIS AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM...A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE REGION MONDAY MAY CAUSE A FURTHER INCREASE IN MOISTURE FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM SOUTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced very windy conditions with wind gusts estimated to be over 60 MPH and was tearing up signs.
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