Hail, Navajo
- When
- July 24, 3:45 PM MST
- Where
- Navajo County, 0.9 mi NE of Whiteriver
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 33.840, -109.960
A thunderstorm produced severe hail in White River.
Hail in Arizona, July 24, 2016
A thunderstorm produced severe hail in White River.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced severe hail in White River.
What forecasters said that day
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 24, 2:50 PM MST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:50 PM MST, 55 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 250 pM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 .SYNOPSIS...Monsoon moisture will increase across northern Arizona from south to north through Tuesday. Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially over the mountains. On Wednesday drier air should move areas north of Interstate 40 leading to only isolated storm chances there. Elsewhere, expected scattered convective activity to continue. && .DISCUSSION....We have seen several strong storms this afternoon along and east of the Mogollon rim and Kaibab Plateau. Upper level winds are pushing storm anvils to the northeast while outflow winds are converging with sw flow below H7 this afternoon. We are feeling good that scattered storm coverage to further develop across the rest the Mogollon rim this afternoon. Mesoanalysis shows convective inhibition to continue over much of Yavapai and nrn Gila counties into this evening and not sure how far storms will develop away from the rim. The excessive heat warning for the Grand Canyon Below 4000 feet will expire at 8 pm this evening. Monday and Tuesday - Subtropical moisture to move northward through Tuesday due to light easterly then southerly mid level wind trajectories. Moderate to high grade monsoon activity is expected across northern Arizona both days with greatest coverage during the afternoon and evening. Wednesday - Thursday -The mid level high pressure cell to become centered over SW Utah. A drier northerly flow is forecast to develop and kill thunderstorm chances for areas north of I-40. Elsewhere the typical monsoon pattern of scattered daytime and isolated overnight convective activity to continue. Friday - Sunday - Operational model spread develops on Friday as the ECMWF continues to show the high center over sw utah with the dry flow into nrn AZ. The GFS develops moist easterly flow over all of nrn az. We will go with climo storm chances for now. && .AVIATION....For the 00Z package...Scattered SHRA/TSRA will continue to develop and move across northern AZ this afternoon and evening. Conditions to remain mostly VFR with local MVFR/IFR in +RA possible. Gusty winds up to 35 kts also possible near any storms. Aviation discussion not updated for TAF amendments. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM MST this evening FOR AZZ006. && PUBLIC...DL AVIATION...SUK For Northern Arizona weather information visit weather.gov/flagstaff
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 7:14 AM MST, 8 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 714 AM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 AZZ004>018-037>040-250300- 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- 714 AM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO... NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR AREAS BELOW 4000 FEET IN THE GRAND CANYON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...WITH MOST ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE. AREAS NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM WILL EXPERIENCE DRIER AND HOTTER CONDITIONS WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD AS DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO FAR NORTHER ARIZONA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:12 PM MST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 112 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 AZZ015-242100- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM AZ- 112 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM MST... AT 110 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DONEY PARK...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLAGSTAFF... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLAGSTAFF...COSNINO...FERNWOOD...WINONA...DONEY PARK...TIMBERLINE... DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF...FLAGSTAFF MALL...HUTCHISON ACRES... WALNUT CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT...FORT VALLEY... LITTLE ELDEN SPRING HORSE CAMP...LOWER LAKE MARY... WALNUT CANYON VISITORS CENTER AND CANYON VISTA CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3536 11148 3521 11139 3506 11164 3530 11178 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 063DEG 7KT 3526 11152
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:32 PM MST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 132 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 AZZ016-018-242115- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM AZ-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY AZ- 132 PM MST SUN JUL 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GILA...SOUTHEASTERN COCONINO AND WESTERN NAVAJO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MST... AT 132 PM MST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED NEAR FOREST LAKES. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FOREST LAKES...CANYON CREEK FISH HATCHERY... BLACK CANYON RIM CAMPGROUND AND CANYON POINT CAMPGROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3426 11074 3430 11084 3440 11080 3437 11074 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 009DEG 1KT 3439 11078 41
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 654657.