A man walking along Scott Reservoir near Show Low was hit and killed by lightning.
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A man walking along Scott Reservoir near Show Low was hit and killed by lightning.
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 19, 9:05 AM MST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 905 AM MST FRI JUL 19 2013 .SYNOPSIS...AN EASTERLY FLOW WILL AFFECT ARIZONA OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE KAIBAB PLATEAU...MOGOLLON RIM...AND WHITE MOUNTAINS. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH NEXT WEEK...WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUING EACH DAY. && .DISCUSSION...MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH A STRIPE OF OVERCAST ACROSS MUCH OF YAVAPAI AND CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTIES. LOW PRESSURE WHICH HAS BROUGHT MANY DAYS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE SOUTHWEST LINGERS IN CENTRAL SONORA THIS MORNING...SETTING UP AN EASTERLY FLOW FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE AND SMALL DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW...WE ANTICIPATE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. FORECAST GRIDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO UPDATES ARE PLANNED THIS MORNING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION /FROM 320 AM MST/...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SONORA MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. IF YOU LOOK BACK ON WATER VAPOR AND LIGHTNING DATA ONE CAN SEE A PERSISTENT LOW AND MID LEVEL CONVERGENT AREA WITH DIVERGENCE ALOFT ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF THIS LOW (CAN BE SEEN A LEAST FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS WITH PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY)...AND THIS AREA WILL BE OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WILL SEE A DEEPER MOIST EAST FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW POSITIONED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. RADAR STORM TOTAL PRECIP DATA HAS SHOWN A PRONOUNCED RAIN SHADOW OVER THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THEN FILLING IN DURING THE EVENING AS STORMS MOVE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OFF HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. THAT DETAIL HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE FORECAST POPS...18Z-00Z THRU MONDAY. THIS TIME PERIOD HAS A EAST NORTHEAST FLOW PATTERN. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE BIG INFLUENCER OF THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS ARIZONA WILL BE THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH WILL PRODUCE A NORTH-NORTHEAST FLOW PULLING IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AND A MORE STABLE AIR MASS FOR SECTIONS ALONG THE ARIZONA - UTAH BORDER. FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM SOUTHWARD MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR FAIRLY ACTIVE DAYS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (JULY 25)...MODELS INDICATE THAT THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION BACK TO A NEW MEXICO/TEXAS POSITION BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS SHIFT IN THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH WILL BRING A VERY MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW BACK INTO ARIZONA STARTING ON THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHER CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIP CHC'S DURING THIS TIME PERIOD REPRESENT A MODERATE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS...IF THIS PATTERN STAYS CONSISTENT THEN PRECIP CHC'S MAY BE INCREASED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...SCT-NMRS SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING AFT 18-20Z. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS PSBL IN THE STRONGER STORMS. LOOK FOR COVERAGE OF STORMS TO DECREASE AFT 20/06Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER ARIZONA WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY INTO THE COMING WEEKEND. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL FAVOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...THOUGH SOME SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT NEAR AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES. SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...CHANCES FOR DAILY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNDER A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW. FAR NORTHERN ARIZONA ALONG THE UTAH BORDER MAY SEE A DOWNTURN IN ACTIVITY AS SOME DRIER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER TO OUR NORTH. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........OUTLER / TC AVIATION.......DB FIRE WEATHER...MCS FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1143 AM MST FRI JUL 19 2013
AZZ010-011-191930-
APACHE AZ-
1143 AM MST FRI JUL 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA
UNTIL 1230 PM MST
AT 1139 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF UPPER WHEATFIELDS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN
A STURDY BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3590 10920 3607 10942 3624 10916 3614 10903
3607 10904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 044DEG 4KT 3611 10916The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 54 year old man was walking along the south edge of Scott Reservoir with two other people when he was stuck and killed by lightning.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Navajo | 2013-07-19 | 54 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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