An area of thunderstorms produced flash flooding near Snowflake.
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An area of thunderstorms produced flash flooding near Snowflake.
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 23, 3:05 PM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 930 AM MST WED JUL 23 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-240300- 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- 930 AM MST WED JUL 23 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 NEAR AND ADJACENT TO THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS...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 ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MONSOON MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...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.
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</html>The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An area of thunderstorms producing heavy rain (two inches in less than an hour) caused flash flooding over the highway from Snowflake to Concho.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2008
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 126924.