A thunderstorm produced a downbust wind of 64 MPH at the Verde RAWS.
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A thunderstorm produced a downbust wind of 64 MPH at the Verde RAWS.
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 26, 10:00 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1000 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS...AN ACTIVE MONSOON PATTERN WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY. FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVES SOUTH TO A LESS FAVORABLE POSITION FOR TROPICAL MOISTURE INFLOWS RESULTING IN A DOWNWARD TREND FOR STORMS. && .DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FALLING NEAR THE LARGER COMMUNITIES OF FLAGSTAFF...PRESCOTT...SHOW LOW AND PAYSON. SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS IN THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND OVER EASTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER NEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. NORTHERN ARIZONA STORM ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...DEEP MONSOON MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL KEEP US IN AN ACTIVE MONSOON PATTERN. ON SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER MEXICO WILL PUSH NORTHWARD INTO ARIZONA AND INTERACT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THIS RIDGE AND TROUGH COUPLET WILL ENHANCE SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON WELL INTO SUNDAY EVENING. BY MONDAY...A STRONGER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS ARIZONA PRODUCING ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS. BY TUESDAY...THE SUB TROPICAL RIDGE IS WELL ESTABLISHED ALONG THE ARIZONA MEXICO BORDER REGION WHICH TENDS TO LIMIT THE DEEPER MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE TROPICS...GRADUALLY LOWERING OUR MOISTURE LEVELS AND CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT ONE MORE DAY OF DECENT STORM ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD...LOWER GRADE MONSOON ACTIVITY IS FORECAST DUE TO A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY LOWERED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z PACKAGE...AREAS OF SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES MAY CAUSE PERIODS OF MVFR VSBY IN THE VICINITY OF KGCN/KFLG/KSEZ. EXPECT ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED TSRA WILL REDEVELOP AFTER 18Z SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS THROUGH MONDAY 06Z. IMPACTS ARE VSBY REDUCTIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN AND OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 KTS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.....BOHLIN AVIATION...BOHLIN FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
826 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2014
AZZ008-016-018-037-270415-
GILA AZ-YAVAPAI AZ-COCONINO AZ-
826 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
THE AREA OF STRAWBERRY WESTWARD TO THE CHILDS POWER PLANT.
UNTIL 915 PM MST
AT 819 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STRAWBERRY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
WEST A 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN
A STURDY BUILDING.
IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF
STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION OR YOU HEAR THUNDER...MOVE INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING OR AN ALL METAL VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3426 11156 3427 11163 3438 11164 3447 11162
3448 11154 3443 11147 3428 11150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 180DEG 0KT 3439 11150
MCCOLLUMThe Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Verde RAWS in Camp Verde recorded a peak wind gust of 64 MPH between 1005 PM MST and 1105 PM MST. The storm also produced 0.78 inches of rain in the same time period.
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