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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

September 2, 1996La Paz County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1996, 3:30 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1996, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1996, 4:00 PM MST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County La Paz County, AZ

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 2, 9:00 AM MST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 9:00 AM MST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
900 AM MST MON SEP 2 1996

TS/RA STILL AROUND IN CENTRAL APACHE AND NAVAJO COUNTIES PER 88D
AND LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT.  SENT A QUICK UPDATE FOR THIS
AREA AS CURRENTLY THIS IS NOT MENTIONED. BREEZY CONDITIONS ALREADY
AT PRC AND GCN.  RE-ADDED THIS TO THE FORECAST FOR TODAY AS WELL.
12Z FGZ SOUNDING INDICATING MODERATE HELICITY AND CAPE...NO WONDER
MID GUY HAD SOME MESOS DETECTED BY 88D. FOR THE FUTURE...AM FINDING
MYSELF REAL GUN-SHY AFTER YESTERDAY AND WITH 12Z FGZ RUN NOT MAKING
IT INTO THE ETA...I AM HESITANT ABOUT THROWING A LOT OF WEIGHT ON
THAT MODEL.  12Z NGM WANTS TO DRY LOW LEVELS IN THE NW TODAY.
HOWEVER...NOTICED DEW POINTS RISING AT GCN DURING THE LAST HOUR.
WILL WAFFLE OVER THIS AS LONG AS I CAN AS NO PRECIP IS MENTIONED IN
ZONES 4-5.  FIRST GUESS RIGHT NOW...LOOKS LIKE MAIN FOCUS TODAY
SHOULD BE IN EASTERN SECTIONS.

FLG 2-1 INW -00

PASSETTI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 10:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Yavapai60 min
Sep 2, 12:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino47 min
Sep 2, 1:56 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino59 min
Sep 2, 3:05 PM MSTTornado WarningFGZCoconino25 min
Sep 2, 3:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo50 min
Sep 2, 4:01 PM MSTTornado WarningFGZCoconino29 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache41 min
Sep 2, 4:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo41 min
Sep 2, 4:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila30 min

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.