Tornado Warning 1, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Issued

Aug 4, 1997, 2:30 PM MST (21:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 1997, 3:05 PM MST

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Area

Whole counties

County Coconino County, AZ

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KFLG 042132
TORFLG
AZC005-042205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST MON AUG 4 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF AZ HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 305 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA

   ...SOUTH CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY
 
AT 229 PM MST...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY FLAGSTAFF
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 49 MILES SOUTH OF PAGE OR 2 MILES
WEST SOUTHWEST OF WINONA MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE...
WINONA.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...TRY TO FIND A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING
FOR SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...LIE FACE DOWN IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 4, 1:55 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.

NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
150 PM MST MON AUG 04 1997

BUSY AFTERNOON HERE AT FLG...WITH SEVERAL FFW'S ISSUED WITH SOME
FLOODING REPORTED.. FROM A QUICK GLANCE AT 12Z DATA MODELS INDICATING
LITTLE CHANGE ON TAP FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS..ALBEIT A BIT OF DRYING
WILL OCCUR.  VORT MAX OVER NW AZ CONTINUES TO EXIT THE STATE...BUT
WITH LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...THIS ALLOWED SOME HEAVY
RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. ONE REPORT RECEIVED OF 2
INCHES OF RAIN IN HALF HOUR. FOR THE LONGER TERM...WILL KEEP
SCATTERED POPS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS THERE IS NOT MUCH SIGH OF
BREAKING OUT OF THE PATTERN. FOR TEMPS...NOT MUCH CHANGE HERE
EITHER...AS MAX TEMPS WILL DEPEND MAINLY ON CLOUD COVER...EXPECT A
BIT OF WARMING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS SOUTHERLY FLOW
CONTINUES...WITH LESS CLOUDS TO PROVIDE A BIT MORE DAYTIME HEATING.
FLG 423  INW 522
FLG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 5PM FOR ZONES 009 012 013 015 016

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.