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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
812 AM MST FRI OCT 18 2024
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LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-WESTERN MOGOLLON
RIM-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-
812 AM MST FRI OCT 18 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES
THROUGH 845 AM MST...
AT 811 AM MST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TIMBERLINE TO NEAR KACHINA
VILLAGE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE. HAIL ACCUMULATION MAY CAUSE SLICK ROADWAYS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLAGSTAFF, SUNSET CRATER N.M., PINE CANYON, FISHER POINT, TIMBERLINE,
HUTCHISON ACRES, PAINTED DESERT VISTA, COSNINO, DONEY MOUNTAIN,
MACANN ESTATES, DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF, WEST FORK TRAILHEAD, UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS, PINE MOUNTAIN ESTATES, THORPE PARK, LITTLE ELDEN SPRINGS
HORSE CAMP, CHESHIRE, MT ELDEN ESTATES, MOUNTAINAIRE, AND FLAGSTAFF
RANCH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 66 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 204.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 207.
INTERSTATE 17 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 330 AND 339.
STATE ROUTE 89A BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 386 AND 398.
U.S. HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 419 AND 428.
HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 218.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3522 11169 3542 11150 3556 11139 3542 11118
3500 11173 3495 11179 3489 11188 3492 11197
3508 11180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 222DEG 33KT 3532 11153 3510 11174
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MEOLA
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