Thunderstorms produced heavy rain and street flooding in Taylor.
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Thunderstorms produced heavy rain and street flooding in Taylor.
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 Sep 13, 3:00 PM MST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 300 PM MST FRI SEP 13 2013 .SYNOPSIS... DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL SLOWLY FILTER INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH SUNDAY. EXPECT MUCH LESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...CONFINED MAINLY TO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ON MONDAY WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING DRY WEATHER STATE WIDE WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. && .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NEVADA/UTAH BORDER THIS AFTERNOON WILL HEAD EASTWARD TONIGHT AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE LOW WILL EVENTUALLY EXIT THE AREA...USHERING IN A DRIER AIR MASS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...THE POSITION OF THE LOW WILL SET UP A BATTLE BETWEEN DRIER AIR FROM THE WEST WITH THE MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME STATIONED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS NEW MEXICO. SOOOOO...AS DRY AIR MOVES IN ALOFT FROM THE WEST...AT THE LOWER LEVELS/SURFACE MOISTURE WILL CREEP WESTWARD INTO ARIZONA FROM NEW MEXICO. AS A RESULT...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN THROUGH SUNDAY TO KEEP SOME CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE AREA. SATURDAY COULD BRING HIGHER STORM COVERAGE AS A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND UPWARD MOTION MOVES OVER THE AREA. STILL...THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE ALONG THE STATE LINES WITH UTAH AND NEW MEXICO. TEMPERATURES SHOULD SLOWLY EDGE TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A VERY DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND PUSH ANY REMAINING MOISTURE EASTWARD. CURRENT MODEL RUNS HAVE SLOWED THIS DRYING PROCESS A BIT AND HAVE INCREASED THE CHANCES OF STORMS ALONG THE ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO BORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR MOISTURE LINGERING INTO MONDAY. OTHERWISE...NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT WINDS. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...SCT -SHRA/TSRA EAST OF A KPRC-KPGA WILL CONTINUE TROUGH 02Z THIS EVENING THEN DIMINISH. ISOLD MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS. VFR CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. SKIES BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR AFT 03-04Z TONIGHT. SCT -SHRA/TSRA WILL DEVELOP EAST OF A KPRC-KPGA LINE AGAIN AFTER 18-20Z ON SATURDAY. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........MCCOLLUM AVIATION.......MAS FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 203 PM MST FRI SEP 13 2013 AZZ010-011-132130- APACHE AZ- 203 PM MST FRI SEP 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA UNTIL 230 PM MST/330 PM MDT/ AT 157 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH 40 MPH WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RED LAKE CHAPTER HOUSE TO WINDOW ROCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED LAKE CHAPTER HOUSE... FORT DEFIANCE... ROUTES 12 AND 112 FROM WINDOW ROCK TO FORT DEFIANCE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IN ADDITION...SOME UNSECURED OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN HEAVY RAINFALL SLOW DOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING...AND LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3555 10916 3610 10925 3612 10904 3556 10904 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 264DEG 8KT 3592 10909 3565 10906
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused street flooding (curb to curb) in Taylor. Water was also flowing between homes and creating trenches.
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