Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain along Highway 260 east of Camp Verde.
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Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain along Highway 260 east of Camp Verde.
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 12, 9:40 AM MST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 940 AM MST FRI JUL 12 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BRING GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. && .DISCUSSION...A VERY MOIST AIR MASS RESIDES OVER ARIZONA THIS MORNING. PWAT NEAR 0.9 FROM THE FLAGSTAFF...NEAR 1.7 FOR BOTH PHOENIX AND TUCSON THIS MORNING. THERE WAS SOME FOG OVER THE WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM AND COCONINO PLATEAU THIS MORNING. THE FOG DISSIPATED AND CONVECTION STARTED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN SOME PLACES. A THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED ALONG THE APACHE/NAVAJO COUNTY LINE BETWEEN SNOWFLAKE AND CONCHO THIS MORNING. THE STEERING FLOW IS GENERALLY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH OVER THE WHITES...AND UP TO 15 MPH FROM FLAGSTAFF NORTHWEST. IT LOOKS TO BE AN ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAY ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA. && .PREV DISCUSSION /355 AM MST/...THE AIRMASS OVER NORTHERN AZ REMAINS LOADED WITH MONSOON MOISTURE EARLY THIS MORNING. SAT IMAGERY INDICATES PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WELL OVER AN INCH ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHLAND AND MUCH LESS CLOUD COVER NOW VS 24 HOURS AGO. ANOTHER LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX COVERS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF ARIZONA NOW AND WILL SPREAD THICKER CLOUD COVER INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOGOLLON RIM LATER THIS MORNING. THIS AREA SHOULD HAVE A LATER START TO CONVECTION THAN AREAS NORTH OF RIM. MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO TODAYS POP FORECAST...ONE WAS TO INCREASE STORM CHANCES ACROSS WESTERN COCONINO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION TODAY GENERALLY SOUTH TO NORTH. STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL (E.G UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR) AND OR HAIL. PROGS SHOW THE SOUTHERLY FLOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN AZ THROUGH SUNDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL MONSOON MOISTURE AMOUNTS REMAINING. MORNING CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN KEY TO DAYTIME STORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE CLOUD COVER LIMITS SURFACE HEATING. FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PROGS SHOW MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY DOWN A POINTS ACROSS WESTERN AZ AS THE HIGH PRESSURE CELL SLIDES WESTWARD. THE STORM STEERING FLOW BECOMES LIGHT NORTHERLY AND THUS EXPECT BETTER STORM COVERAGE ACROSS GILA COUNTY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WITH BRIEF MVFR POSSIBLE. LOOKOUT FOR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. AWAY FROM STORMS...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED TO BROKEN SKY CONDITIONS. ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 03Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...ABUNDANT MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXPECTED TODAY AND ON SATURDAY...MOST NUMEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP...INCREASING THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER RECENT BURN AREAS. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...A MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER ARIZONA WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........MAS/DL AVIATION.......MCS FIRE WEATHER...MCCOLLUM FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rain (2.50 inches) caused water to flow across roads and several were barricaded. A few homes in Camp Verde estates were flooded.
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