A very strong dust devil hit a shopping center on the edge of Prescott and caused damage to the building, merchandise, and customer vehicles.
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The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A very strong dust devil hit a shopping center on the edge of Prescott and caused damage to the building, merchandise, and customer vehicles.
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 Jun 6, 9:20 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 920 AM MST FRI JUN 6 2014 .SYNOPSIS...VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. && .DISCUSSION...FORECASTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE...WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING IN THE SHORT TERM. NO UPDATES NEEDED THIS MORNING. .PREV DISCUSSION...(300 AM MST)... PROGS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...VERY DRY W-SW FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE WITH MAX TEMPS FROM 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PROGS STILL SHOW A WEAK DISTURBANCE TO CROSS NRN AZ SATURDAY AND THIS SHOULD CAUSE MAX TEMPS TO BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN TODAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS STILL BELOW NORMAL DUE TO EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING. ON SUNDAY...WARM HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT TO MOVE INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. EXPECT NW SFC WINDS IN THE 15-25 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF COCONINO COUNTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SLOWER SPEEDS ELSEWHERE. ON MONDAY...THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS TO CROSS OUR STATE. MAX TEMPS MAY BE THE WARMEST SO FAR THIS YEAR. AFTERNOON WIND SPEEDS TO BE THE SLOWEST OF THE 7 DAY FORECAST. FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DRY W-SW FLOW ALOFT RETURNS WITH TEMPS SIMILAR TO TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS SHOWN TO MOVE ALONG THE AZ UTAH BORDER IN THE TUES WEDS TIME FRAME AND SHOULD BRING GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS THESE DAYS. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A LARGE AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESIDE FROM WEST OF THE BAJA SPUR TO LOUISIANA THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND AN EXTREMELY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER WILL RESULT IN HIGH HAINES INDICES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY EACH AFTERNOON. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BREEZY AFTERNOON WINDS...AND HIGH HAINES VALUES WILL CONTINUE. && FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........JJ/DL AVIATION.......MAS FIRE WEATHER...MCCOLLUM FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
A very strong dust devil went through the Pioneer Village Shopping Center near the the intersection of Highway 89 and 69 in Prescott. The strong winds blew out windows in a building, tossed free standing sheds (for sale) around, damaged cars, and threw shopping carts around.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, June 2014
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