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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

June 13, 20065 counties in Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 13, 2006, 2:28 PM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Jun 14, 2006, 6:08 AM MST. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2006, 2:28 PM MST (21:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2006, 6:08 AM MST
Expired
Jun 14, 2006, 8:00 PM MST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Gila County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2006-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2006-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jun 13, 9:45 AM MST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 9:45 AM MST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 7:10 AM MST, 7 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
710 AM MST TUE JUN 13 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-140700-
BLACK MESA AREA-CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
COCONINO PLATEAU-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-
KAIBAB PLATEAU-LITTLE COLORADO RVR VLY IN APACHE CO-
LITTLE COLORADO RVR VLY IN COCONINO CO-
LITTLE COLORADO RVR VLY IN NAVAJO CO-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF 264-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS 264 NORTH-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-
OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-
710 AM MST TUE JUN 13 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR...

.DAY ONE...TODAY
A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WEST OF A
LINE FROM KAYENTA TO WINSLOW TO PRESCOTT. AFTERNOON WINDS FROM THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL
COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.  REFER TO THE RED FLAG WARNING PRODUCT (PHXRFWFGZ) FOR
MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ON WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 45 MPH ARE PROBABLE OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA AND MAY
NECESSITATE THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND ADVISORY. ALSO...A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR AREAS BELOW
6500 FEET.

THURSDAY SHOULD BE THE LAST DAY OF STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH
TRANQUIL AND DRY WEATHER FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:29 AM MSTFire Weather WatchFGZApache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai9 hr
Jun 13, 3:37 PM MSTWind AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo28 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.