A thunderstorms produced hail and heavy rain in Kachina Village.
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A thunderstorms produced hail and heavy rain in Kachina Village.
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 1, 9:15 AM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 915 AM MST TUE JUL 01 2008 .SYNOPSIS....HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEK BRINGING NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. EXPECT ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST. && .DISCUSSION...A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER NRN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWEST US FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WHILE A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST SLOWLY PUSHES ONSHORE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ALLOWING MOISTURE CURRENTLY OVER MEXICO TO PUSH INTO AZ. AS THE WEST COAST TROUGH MOVES CLOSER DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO NWRN AZ LATER TODAY SPREADING EASTWARD TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY LEADING TO A GENERAL DECREASE IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN THESE LOCATIONS. FARTHER EAST AND SOUTH...MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE CHANGE IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TODAY OR WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY...DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING EASTWARD SO THAT MOST AREAS WILL SEE FEWER SHOWERS EXCEPT FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WHERE THERE WILL REMAIN A CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS EACH DAY. BY THE WEEKEND...THE WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE REPLACED BY A MORE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AND THE CHANCES OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...ISOLD TO SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 18Z...FIRST ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN...THEN DRIFTING INTO THE VALLEY AREAS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 KTS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 02Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SEE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST (FWFFGZ) FOR DISCUSSION OF DAYS 1 AND 2. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE STATE...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED EACH DAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE TEENS FOR MOST LOCATIONS...WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 5 TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS...EXCEPT NEAR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WHERE WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...DB AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...DJO VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST TUE JUL 1 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-020700- 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 TUE JUL 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY MOISTURE HAS INCREASED TODAY RESULTING IN GREATER INSTABILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY LATE MORNING AND THEN SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTH. THE BEST CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES WESTWARD. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch diameter hail in Kachina Village with heavy rain.
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