A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud southeast of the Prescott Airport.
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A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud southeast of the Prescott Airport.
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 22, 9:10 AM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 910 AM MST TUE JUL 22 2008 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL PERSIST THIS WEEK ACROSS EASTERN ARIZONA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. WESTERN ARIZONA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SOME DRYING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED. DEEP SOUTHEAST FLOW IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO THE NORTHLAND BEGINNING THURSDAY...WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS GRADUALLY SPREADING WESTWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...FOCUS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN ARIZONA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BE SITUATED ALONG THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SOME DRYING AND STABILIZING FORCES WILL LIKELY BE IN PLACE FURTHER WEST...THOUGH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF FLAGSTAFF. THERE IS STILL WEAK STORM MOTION ALONG WITH THE RELATIVELY MOIST AIR MASS...SO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY WELL BE THE WEATHER THREAT OF FOCUS TODAY. FLOW PATTERN ALOFT WILL LIKELY PROVIDE FOR A SOMEWHAT MOISTER AIR MASS BY THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED FOR EACH DAY. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST OF FLAGSTAFF WITH AREAS OF CEILINGS AS LOW AS 3-4 KFT AGL. ELSEWHERE...ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH A FEW LOCAL CEILINGS OF 3 KFT AGL OVER THE MOUNTAINS NEAR STORMS. OVERNIGHT...STORMS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER...SEE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST (FWFFGZ) FOR DISCUSSION OF DAYS 1 AND 2. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE AND ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. && PUBLIC.............KD AVIATION/FIRE WX...MCCOLLUM VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1045 AM MST TUE JUL 22 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-230300- 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- 1045 AM MST TUE JUL 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING THE EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE WEAK TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND ANY ASSOCIATED SMALL STREAM FLOODING...LIKELY BEING THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND GENERALLY SMALL HAIL WILL CERTAINLY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MONSOON MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHLAND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:12 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
An employee at the Prescott Love Field air traffic control tower reported seeing a funnel cloud southeast of the airport for 15 minutes.
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