Thunderstorms caused heavy rain in Payson and minor flooding issues.
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Thunderstorms caused heavy rain in Payson and minor flooding issues.
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, 9:00 PM MST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 900 PM MST MON JUL 23 2012 .SYNOPSIS...A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DAILY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE OVER ARIZONA FROM THE WEST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR A SLIGHT DOWN TURN IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .DISCUSSION...IT HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY SOUTHERN NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES...AND NOW AFFECTING MUCH OF GILA COUNTY. THE MAIN ISSUE HAS BEEN SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING CELLS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SEVERAL FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED...WITH THE LATEST BEING IN THE CHERRY CREEK DRAINAGE NEAR AND SOUTH OF YOUNG...INCLUDING THE POCO BURN AREA. FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...THE STORMS OVER CENTRAL GILA COUNTY MAY PROGRESS AS FAR AS PAYSON...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME REDEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION. ALL AREAS WILL CONTINUE WITH A 20-30 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIP OVERNIGHT. .PREV DISCUSSION...(330 PM MST)...THE HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN EAST OF ARIZONA FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL ELONGATE WESTWARD THIS WEEK. BY LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...PART OF THE HIGH WILL SEPARATE AND MOVE WEST OF ARIZONA. THIS WILL ACT TO BRING DRIER AIR ALOFT OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...LOW LEVELS WILL STILL REMAIN MOIST ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...THE HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN MIGRATES EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL US AND ONCE AGAIN ALLOWS A SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE AGAIN INCREASING. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z PACKAGE...SCATTERED TSRA WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS KPAN-KSOW SOUTHWARD THROUGH AROUND 06Z...OTHERWISE SCT-BKN CLOUDS 15-20KFT MSL WITH ISOLD -SHRA/-TSRA OVERNIGHT. SCT TSRA WILL REDEVELOP AFTER 18Z TUESDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A SLOW DRYING TREND WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH STORMS ACTIVITY DECREASING FROM THE WEST AND NORTH. AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY MOIST AND ACTIVE. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THE DRYING TREND WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY...BEFORE SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGS SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BACK NORTH AND WEST OVER THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RANGING FROM 20 TO 35 PERCENT. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........JJ/MAS AVIATION.......JJ FIRE WEATHER...BEP FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 500 AM MST MON JUL 23 2012 AZZ004>018-037>040-240700- 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- 500 AM MST MON JUL 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EXPECT AN ACTIVE PATTERN WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID WEEK...THEN A SLIGHT DECREASE IN ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
529 PM MST MON JUL 23 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM FLASH FLOOD CAMP VERDE 34.57N 111.86W
07/23/2012 YAVAPAI AZ DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
WATER OVER ROAD ON RT 260 AT MILEPOST 218
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EVENT NUMBER FGZ1200065
DGVThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 1 and 1.32 inches of rain fell in an hour in and around Payson. Flooding was reported everywhere. The worst was Forest Drive with two feet of water on the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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