A THUNDERSTORM…MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH…WILL AFFECT PINETOP-LAKESIDE…UNTIL 415 PM MST. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED AND HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZED IS POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH…WITH HAIL POSSIBLY COVERING THE GROUND AND ROAD SURFACES.
RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY AND POOR TRACTION.
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8/1/12 NWS: Hazardous Weather Outlook for Apache and Navajo Counties Shows Moderate to Heavy Showers and Thunderstorms Today and Tomorrow
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA…NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA…NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY BUT THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DECREASE DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
July 30, 2012 NWS Has Issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Apache and Navajo Counties Until 6:30PM MST
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EXTREME NORTHWESTERN APACHE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA… NORTH CENTRAL NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA…
* UNTIL 630 PM MST
* AT 558 PM MST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHILCHINBITO…AND IS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.