Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a power outage in the Roosevelt Lakes estates area.
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Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a power outage in the Roosevelt Lakes estates area.
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, 3:05 PM MST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 305 PM MST WED JUL 1 2009 .SYNOPSIS...DEEPENING MONSOON FLOW WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM NOW INTO THE WEEKEND. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION...MID-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE...CURRENTLY CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS...WILL ALLOW A MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW OVER THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST AREA ARE ABOUT 10-20 DEGREES MORE MOIST THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER MANY HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTHLAND. FAVORABLE MOISTURE FOR PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECIP CHANCES ARE REDUCED FOR THIS TIME FRAME...ALTHOUGH NOT ELIMINATED. IN ALL...KEEPING NEAR SEASONABLE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE 7-DAY FORECAST. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH AROUND 02Z THIS EVENING. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA WITH ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND THE STORMS. ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 02Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEGIN DEVELOPING AGAIN BETWEEN 16-17Z THURSDAY OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD LEADING TO INCREASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...WITH OUTFLOW-DRIVEN GUSTS FROM 25 TO 45 MPH NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM THE WEST. && PUBLIC..................KD AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...MAS VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 950 AM MST WED JUL 1 2009 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- 950 AM MST WED JUL 1 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AND MOVING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS BY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP SHOULD DIMINISH WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THURSDAY...LEADING TO MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR DIMINISHED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power outage on Wednesday evening at the Frazier substation was due to very strong winds. Spotter reports included debrs blowing around due to the strong wind. Heavy rain was also reported, with .98 inch in 45 minutes at Roosevelt Dam.
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