Alert archive / Arizona / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1995, 4:49 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1995, 4:49 PM MST (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1995, 5:15 PM MST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coconino County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Winslow (Autob), AZ (KINW), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 2425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 262349 TORFLG AZC005-270015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 449 PM MST FRI MAY 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY AT 440 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN PHOENIX SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE FLAGSTAFF PULLIUM AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLAGSTAFF AND MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND MAY STILL PRODUCE A TORNADO. IT WILL PASS JUST SOUTHWEST OF FLAGSTAFF BY 5 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. & NNNN
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, May 26, 12:26 PM MST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AZZ002-003-005-262100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1225 PM MST FRI MAY 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN ARIZONA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. AT 1200 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF FLAGSTAFF WITH MOVEMENT AT 10 TO 15 MPH TOWARD THE EAST. PERSONS IN FLAGSTAFF SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA BY 1240 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA AND ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECAILLY THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD STAY AWARE TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING IN LOCAL TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS OR BY LISTENING TOn NOAA WEATHER RADIO. SIGLER
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:29 PM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AZZ002-003-005-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 130 PM MST FRI MAY 26 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA HAS CAUSED SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. A LIGHTING STRIKE RECORDER AND SATELLITE INDICATE THAT SOME THUNDERSTORMS EXIST AROUND FLAGSTAFF. AT 1150 AM MST WINSLOW RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 44 MPH INDICATING A POSSIBLE SHOWER NEARBY. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCALIZED HIGHER WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THERE ALSO EXISTS A POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWER AND SOME LIGHTING STRIKES INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. HP
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:05 PM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AZZ002>005-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 305 PM MST FRI MAY 26 1995 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA HAS CAUSED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ONE HEAVY THUNDERSHOWER 15 NW OF FLAGSTAFF AND ANOTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSHOWER AROUND FREDONIA...60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR CITY UTAH. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. AT 149 PM MST WINSLOW RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 43 MPH INDICATING A POSSIBLE SHOWER NEARBY. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCALIZED HIGHER WIND GUSTS UP$ TO 50 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWER...SMALL HAIL AND SOME LIGHTING STRIKES INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. HP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:20 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 25 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 15 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.