Alert archive / Arizona / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 1992, 3:10 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 1992, 3:10 PM MST (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 1992, 4:15 PM MST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coconino County, AZ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:55 PM MST | Tornado F2 | Coconino, AZ |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Winslow (Autob), AZ (KINW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFLG 242212 COR TORFLG AZC005-242315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA 310 PM MST SAT OCT 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...SOUTHEAST COCONINO COUNTY INCLUDING THE FLAGSTAFF AREA... A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR SUNSET CRATER NATIONAL MONUMENT AT 255 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IT KNOCKED DOWN AND SPLIT LARGE PINE TREES BLOCKING THE ROAD. IT WAS MOVING TO THE WEST. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A TORNADO COULD REFORM SO PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUCH AN EVENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. TORNADOES DESTROY MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU ARE IN A TRAILER PARK...GO TO THE PLACE DESIGNATED AS THE STORM SHELTER...OR ANY STRONG BUILDING. IF YOU CANT FIND A REINFORCED BUILDING...GET IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PETERSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AZC001-017-250400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WINSLOW ARIZONA 201 PM MST SAT OCT 24 1992 ...MONSOON LIKE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST AZ... RADAR SHOWS RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHICH ARE MOVING NORTH ABOUT 30 MPH AND PRESENT A REAL THREAT TO ALL SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST AZ THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY LOCALIZED RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FOLKS TRAVELING ARE CAUTIONED TO AVOID AREAS OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND DO NOT CROSS UNBRIDGED RIVER CROSSINGS WHEN FLOWING WATER IS OBSERVED. IF LIGHTNING IS PRESENT, SEEK SAFETY IN A BUILDING OR CAR. GET OFF HIGH GROUND AND DO NOT TAKE SHELTlER UNDER A LONE TREE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AZ SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. MCMULLEN
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 2:21 PM MST, 49 minutes before
AZC005-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA 220 PM MST SAT OCT 24 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FLAGSTAFF AREA UNTIL 3 PM MST... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WESTERN COCONINO COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM MST... THUNDERSTORMS ARE RUMBLING ACROSS MUCH OF COCONINO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL PLAYING HAVOC. AT 215 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE DONEY PARK AREA JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF FLAGSTAFF. EVERYONE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER EXTREMES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS OCCUR. PETERSON
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.