A thunderstorm produced heavy rain that caused a temporary road closure at Granite Creek.
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A thunderstorm produced heavy rain that caused a temporary road closure at Granite Creek.
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 5, 10:40 AM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1040 AM MST FRI SEP 05 2014 .SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND WILL LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS OUR AREA OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS. && .DISCUSSION...ALL EYES TO OUR SOUTH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE APPROACHES THE REGION. THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA HAS ALREADY HAD A SURGE OVERNIGHT AND THAT SOURCE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SURGES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE MID-LEVEL MOISTURE THAT IS LACKING TODAY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY...AND THEN WILL REALLY RAMP UP SUNDAY AS THE STEERING FLOW TURNS SOUTHERLY. THIS MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS WILL THEN BE IN PLACE THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...BEFORE BEING REPLACED BY DRIER WESTERLY FLOW. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT...THESE DECAYING TROPICAL SYSTEMS PRODUCE DEEP STRATIFORM COVER AND GENERALLY WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN OVER OUR AREA. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT...THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING WILL INCREASE EACH DAY AS THE SOILS SATURATE. WE ARE EXPECTING ROUGHLY 1-4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY SOUTH OF THE RIM. NO HEADLINES AT THIS TIME...WE WILL SEE HOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY UNFOLD BEFORE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. GRIDS AND DSS LOOK GOOD...WILL LIKELY TWEAK POPS A BIT HIGHER FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 18Z ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KGCN-KFLG-KSOW LINE. ISOLATED ELSEWHERE. WIND GUSTS TO 35 KTS IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS...WITH LOCALIZED AND BRIEF REDUCTIONS IN VIS POSSIBLE FROM RA. ACTIVITY DIMINISHING AFTER 02Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.........PETERSON AVIATION.......MCS FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1045 AM MST FRI SEP 05 2014 AZZ004>018-037>040-060645- 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- 1045 AM MST FRI SEP 05 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO... NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH THE MOGOLLON RIM THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON SATURATED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...VERY HIGH AMOUNTS OF TROPICAL MOISTURE ARE EXPECTED TO BRING NUMEROUS AND WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. DUE TO THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT...SOME AREAS MAY EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING AS RAINFALL TOTALS REACH 1 TO 4 INCHES OVER LARGE PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .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 caused flooding on Granite Creek that temporarily closed a road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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