Alert archive / Arizona / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1995, 5:46 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1995, 5:46 PM MST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1995, 6:45 PM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coconino County, AZ
The nearest sounding before it
Winslow (Autob), AZ (KINW), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 120046 RRA TORFLG AZC005-120145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 546 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM MST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA ...WEST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY AT 5 04 PM...A PILOT SIGHTED A TORNADO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GRAND CANYON AIRPORT MOVING NORTH. PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY...SHOULD ANOTHER TORNADO APPEA REPORT ANY OTHER SIGHTINGS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TO RNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. 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, Jul 11, 4:05 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AZZ002>005-110030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 350 PM MST TUE JUL 11 1995 ...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN COCONINO COUNTY... A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMS ARIZONA AT 330 PM TODAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF ASH FORK AND WILLIAMS PLUS MOTORIST ALONG I-40 CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EARLIER...CHINO VALLEY REPORTED .12 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE SAME STORM. CURRENT SATELLITE PICTURES AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 SOUTH OF PRESCOTT THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON INTO SOUTHWESTERN UTAH MOVING NORTH AND ADVANCING SLOWLY EASTWARD. OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE ALONG THIS LINE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION AND RADIO STATION FOR FUhRTHER UPDATES ON THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LCR
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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.