A thunderstorm produced very strong wind gusts, heavy rain, and hail in Globe.
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A thunderstorm produced very strong wind gusts, heavy rain, and hail in 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 3, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 230 PM MST FRI JUL 3 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY WITH A DECREASE IN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION...A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS NRN AZ TODAY. KFGZ 12Z SOUNDING INDICATES STEEP LAPSE RATES PRESENT BELOW ABOUT 550 MB...WITH MODERATE LAPSE RATES ABOVE. PWAT IS DOWN A BIT FROM YESTERDAYS READINGS BUT STILL ABOUT 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL. FLOW BELOW 500 MB IS WEAK BUT SUBSTANTIAL ANVIL LEVEL FLOW IS PRESENT. WITH THESE INGREDIENTS IN PLACE... THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...WEAK STEERING LEVEL FLOW HAS RESULTED IN SLOW MOVING STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN SHOULD PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS TO OUR EAST AND A SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS AZ. BY SUNDAY...A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS NRN AZ WITH SOME DECREASE IN CHANCES FOR SHOWERS...MAINLY IN NWRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A DEEPENING WEST COAST TROUGH WILL RESULT IN A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WITH DECREASING CHANCES OF SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS ALL OF NRN AZ. LATE IN THE WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO REESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ACROSS AZ WITH BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...SCT SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE CASE WITH SCT MVFR CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND TS ACTIVITY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER TS MAY RESULT IN LCL IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH TO ISOLD AFT 04Z SATURDAY. ISOLD-SCT TS EXPTED TO DVLP BY 18Z SATURDAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. VFR CONDITIONS OVERALL WITH SCT MVFR CONDITIONS IN AND AROUND TS ACTIVITY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN TO OUR EAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FLOW AROUND THE HIGH WILL PROVIDE MODERATE MOISTURE WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY REMAINING ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALONG WITH LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS IN VICINITY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH IS FORECAST TO SHIFT TO THE WEST OF THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A PACIFIC TROUGH BRING MORE WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT LOOK FOR A SLOW DOWN TURN IN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH AROUND 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...AND TEENS IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. WINDS WILL RUN FROM 10 TO 15 MPH MONDAY...AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE KAIBAB AND COCONINO PLATEAUS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC..................DB AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...TC VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 AM MST FRI JUL 3 2009 AZZ004>018-037>040-040700- 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 FRI JUL 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND DEEP MOISTURE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING STRONG AND PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...WEAK STEERING LEVEL FLOW WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVING STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. WINDS ALOFT WERE GENERALLY FROM THE WEST SO STORMS FORMING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS ARIZONA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rain caused landslides on the hills around Globe and Miami. The official observer in Globe had 0.97 inches in less than an hour.
Spotters reported flash flooding and land slides in and around the Globe-Miami area.
A thunderstorm over Globe produced wind gusts to 57 MPH on the north side of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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