Strong winds from a thunderstorm hit the Bagdad area.
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Strong winds from a thunderstorm hit the Bagdad 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 Aug 25, 3:30 PM MST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 330 PM MST WED AUG 25 2010 .SYNOPSIS...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...A WEST COAST LOW WILL DRAW DEEP MOISTURE NORTHWARD RESULTING IN A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ARIZONA. FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE AS DRIER AIR MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. && .DISCUSSION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AND SHOULD COME TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER DARK THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER ARIZONA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST ON THURSDAY ALLOWING MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARIZONA FROM THE SOUTH. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEVELOPING OFF THE WEST COAST ON FRIDAY WILL IMPORT SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER ARIZONA. AS THE TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THERE ARE STILL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECM SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE GFS BRINGS DRIER AND STABLE AIR ACROSS ARIZONA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HOWEVER...THE ECM CONTINUES TO DRAW LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA. UNDER THIS SCENARIO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES IN. AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE NEAR AVERAGE PRECIPITATION CHANCES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THEN BOTH MODELS AGREE ON MORE DRYING ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH BELOW AVERAGE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...MAINLY SOUTH OF A KL37-KFLG-KSJN LINE...BEFORE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DECREASES OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP AFTER 18Z THURSDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. PUBLIC.................MAS AVIATION...............KD VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1235 PM MST WED AUG 25 2010 AZZ004>018-037>040-260745- KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 1235 PM MST WED AUG 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. TO THE NORTH OF I-40 ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MONSOON MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. AN APPROACHING TROUGH WILL INCREASE THE STRENGTH AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds from a thunderstorm knocked down large trees in Bagdad.
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