| -July 16, 2006- -Cordes Lakes, Arizona- Severe Cell (Tornadic) |
| PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 930 PM MST SUN JUL 16 2006 ...SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY ... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM TODAY THEN RAPIDLY MOVED SOUTH INTO YAVAPAI AND GILA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS DEVELOPED A SUPER CELL THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN GILA COUNTY THAT MOVED WESTWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL YAVAPAI COUNTY. THIS ONE STORM LASTED FOR OVER TWO HOURS AND PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...ONE TORNADO WARNING AND ONE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY. THERE WERE TWO SEVERE STORM REPORTS TODAY IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. THE FIRST REPORT WAS FROM THE PUBLIC...STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 TO 65 MPH IN CORDES JUNCTION...YAVAPAI COUNTY...AT 610 PM MST. THE SECOND REPORT WAS FROM A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER WHO REPORTED A TORNADO CROSSING INTERSTATE 17...ONE MILE NORTH OF THE SUNSET POINT REST AREA AT 620 PM MST. NO OTHER SEVERE STORM OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. |
| TORNADO WARNING FOR CORDES JUNCTION |
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