A strong thunderstorm produced heavy rain in the town to Globe.
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A strong thunderstorm produced heavy rain in the town to Globe.
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 2, 3:00 PM MST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 300 PM MST THU JUL 2 2009 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON FLOW WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM TODAY INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION...MID-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW A MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW OVER THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1 INCH AT FLAGSTAFF THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND...THOUGH THE STRENGTH OF THESE STORMS HAS BEEN LIMITED THUS FAR TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. FAVORABLE MOISTURE FOR PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPING BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECIP CHANCES ARE LESSER DURING THIS TIME FRAME...ALTHOUGH SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS STILL SEEM WARRANTED. IN ALL...KEEPING NEAR SEASONABLE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE 7-DAY FORECAST. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF WITH ANY REMAINING CIGS AOA 10 KFT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. FOR FRIDAY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS IN SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED TO OUR EAST...AND RESULTING FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL PROVIDE MODERATE MOISTURE PROFILES WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINING ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS IN VICINITY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AS DEEPER WESTERLY FLOW RESUMES. THE CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN ARIZONA...EXCEPT 20-25 PERCENT ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30-35 PERCENT ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAINS TO 10-15 PERCENT ACROSS THE GRAND CANYON COUNTRY AND KAIBAB PLATEAU. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH THROUGH PERIOD...EXCEPT INCREASING TO NEAR 20 MPH LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS THE KAIBAB AND COCONINO PLATEAUS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC..................KD AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...PETRO VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 955 AM MST THU JUL 2 2009 AZZ004>018-037>040-030700- 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- 955 AM MST THU JUL 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY EXPECT WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LATER DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AND MOVING INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING. MOST STORMS SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA FRIDAY WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY PERSISTING. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR DIMINISHED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong thunderstorm produced as much as 1.30 inches of rain in just 50 minutes across Globe which resulted in minior flooding. Pea size hail was also reported at the time of the heavy rainfall. One spotter in Miami reported a wall of water coming towards him shortly after 7 PM.
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