The remains of Hurricane Odile moved over eastern Arizona with locally heavy rain.
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The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
The remains of Hurricane Odile moved over eastern Arizona with locally heavy rain.
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 17, 10:14 AM MST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1014 AM MST WED SEP 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS... DEEP MOISTURE FROM WHAT REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ODILE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER ARIZONA THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH INCREASING AND POTENTIALLY PROLONGED PRECIPITATION. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40 TODAY AND THURSDAY. SCATTERED DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AS MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE REGION. && .DISCUSSION... CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK. WILL LIKELY SPEND SOME TIME RAISING THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN RIM ZONES THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION /352 AM MST/... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODILE IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN SONORA MEXICO BY MIDDAY. THE STORM WILL WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WHILE MOVING INTO FAR SOUTHERN ARIZONA (PIMA COUNTY) LATER TONIGHT. FURTHER WEAKENING IS ANTICIPATED AS THE REMNANT LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION MOVES NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY MIDDAY THURSDAY. AS THE REMNANTS FROM ODILE TRACK FROM SOUTHERN INTO EASTERN ARIZONA OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS...MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL SEE SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER WITH PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL LEAD TO A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE REMNANT CIRCULATION THAT MOVES THROUGH GILA COUNTY...THE FAR EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM...AND WHITE MOUNTAINS AREAS...WITH AMOUNTS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE WEST OF THESE AREAS THOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL A CONCERN. THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT WILL BE GREATEST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT AREAS NEAREST THE ARIZONA/UTAH BORDER THROUGH THURSDAY. THE REMNANTS OF ODILE WILL MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SHOWERS TAPERING OFF. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE LINGERS FRIDAY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND LOOKS TO INTERACT WITH A TROUGH MOVING THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...TO CONTINUE AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK A DRIER WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW LOOKS TO SETTLE IN BRINGING A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN. && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...EXPECT EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT 24HRS. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE KRQE-KGCN. AVIATION HAZARDS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS INCLUDE SCATTERED IFR CONDITIONS IN MOD/HVY SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF MVFR CLOUD CEILINGS AND OVERNIGHT PATCHY FOG AT HIGH ELEVATION AIRFIELDS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR AZZ007-008- 012>018-037-038. && PUBLIC.........RR AVIATION.......TC FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 438 AM MST WED SEP 17 2014 AZZ004>018-037>040-180815- 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- 438 AM MST WED SEP 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO... NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DEEP MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL STORM ODILE WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR. SEE TEXT PRODUCT PHXFFAFGZ FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF ODILE MOVE THROUGH EASTERN ARIZONA. THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO OCCUR FROM NORTHERN GILA COUNTY TOWARD THE EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FORECAST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS REGION. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LINGERING MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain (around an inch) produced minor off and on street flooding in Wagon Wheel near Show Low/Lake Side. Up to three inches of rain fell in Cibeque causing washes to flow over roads several inches deep.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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