A man fishing from a canoe on Big Lake was stuck and killed by lightning.
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A man fishing from a canoe on Big Lake was stuck 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 Sep 20, 9:00 AM MST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 900 AM MST FRI SEP 20 2013 .SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE WILL LINGER OVER THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WITH A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ELSEWHERE...DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST THIS WEEKEND SWEEPING OUT THE REMAINING MONSOON MOISTURE. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. FAIR WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK THEN WINDY CONDITIONS RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM ARIZONA TO MONTANA WILL MOVE EAST AND A PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN STATES. THE FIRST COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING SWEEPING OUT THE LINGERING MONSOON MOISTURE. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS TO ARIZONA ON SUNDAY AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY MORNING. THE MORNING FORECAST GRIDS LOOK OK. NO MORNING UPDATES. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND. PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY AND MOVED EASTWARD ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FAR NORTHERN ARIZONA. ON SATURDAY EXPECT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM PAGE THROUGH PRESCOTT. THINGS GET INTERESTING STARTING MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AS UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION FROM THE UPPER LOW AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR COME TOGETHER IN NORTHWEST AZ. THESE FEATURES ACTING ON AVAILABLE MOISTURE MAY CAUSE SOME STRONG AND FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALVES OF NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTY. A COLD FRONT WILL DIP INTO THE NORTHERN THIRD OF AZ ON SUNDAY...BRINGING A 5 TO 10 DEGREE MAX TEMP DROP VS SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE SFC COLD FRONT...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE KAIBAB PLATEAU AND DONEY PARK AND GUSTY WINDS EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF OUR STATE. CLEARING CONDITIONS MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONG STORM THREAT EXITING THE FOUR CORNERS BY SUNSET. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DRY WEATHER THROUGH THIS PERIOD. LOOK FOR VERY COOL LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS WITH VALUES IN THE 30S AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET. STARTING WEDNESDAY...A STRONGER PACIFIC LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN. PROGS SHOW THIS TO BE A DRY SYSTEM BUT ALSO SHOW SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 55 MPH RANGE PROBABLE BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS TODAY...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FROM KSOW-KRQE SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 03Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........BOHLIN/DL AVIATION.......DJO FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 428 AM MST FRI SEP 20 2013 AZZ004>018-037>040-210700- 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- 428 AM MST FRI SEP 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO... NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. STRONG AND FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALVES OF NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTY. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FAR NORTHERN ARIZONA. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST BOTH AFTERNOONS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE FOR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD 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 20:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was stuck and killed by lightning while fishing from a canoe on Big Lake.
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, Apache | 2013-09-20 | 30 | Male | Boating | Direct |
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