Grand Canyon, Arizona

... Strong thunderstorms with locally heavy rain... gusty winds... and
small hail affected parts of northern Arizona on Friday...

The strongest storms today were from the Mogollon Rim... White
Mountains and Yavapai County mountains southward. Reports of pea to
Marble sized hail were called in... with one report of around an inch
of hail covering the ground in portions of East Flagstaff. Marble
sized hail was reported by the park service on the South Rim of the
Grand Canyon. Reports of very heavy rainfall were called in.

The following are rainfall amounts from selected sites across
northern arizona:

Location amount (inches)

Greer 2.00
Parks 0.50 in 30 minutes
Gisela 0.88 in 45 minutes
Springerville 0.55
Show Low 0.30
Mount Union 0.64
Cherry (raws) 0.75
Frazier well (raws) 0.66
Wildcat (snowtel) 0.60
alpine (raws) 0.54
Payson 0.84
wet Bottom Creek 1.30
Goodwin Mesa 0.51

In addition to the heavy rain... the stronger storms produced strong
wind gusts. A report near Antelope Hills along Highway 89 north of
Flagstaff indicated estimated winds in excess of 50 mph with another
report of strong winds at Castle Hot Springs however no damage was
reported.

One small stream flood advisory was issued for portions of central
Yavapai County at 131 PM MST for an area of storms south of Prescott
and around the Kirkland and Skull Valley areas. A Severe
Thunderstorm Warning was issued at 228 PM MST for central Yavapai
County near Bagdad. This storm was capable of quarter sized hail and
strong wind gusts in excess of 60 mph... however no reports came in
to verify their occurrences.