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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2006, 1:29 PM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2006, 1:29 PM MST (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2006, 1:45 PM MST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gila County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:12 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS55 KFGZ 282030
TORFGZ
AZC007-282045-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.TO.W.0013.060728T2029Z-060728T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
129 PM MST FRI JUL 28 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA
* UNTIL 145 PM MST
* AT 125 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
GILA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROOSEVELT...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ROUTE 288 THROUGH 140 PM MST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 70 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL ARIZONA.
LAT...LON 3387 11075 3392 11091 3379 11104 3374 11093
3367 11091 3370 11083
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 15 min |
| Jul 27, 5:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 22 min |
| Jul 27, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Navajo | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 6:29 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Navajo | 14 min |
| Jul 27, 7:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 8:08 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Apache | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 9:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Apache | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 9:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Apache | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 11:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Navajo | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 9:56 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai | 11 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:50 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Apache, Gila, Navajo | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 11:14 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Navajo | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 12:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 12:19 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Gila | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 12:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 12:24 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 14 min |
| Jul 28, 12:27 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 12:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 12:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 11 min |
| Jul 28, 12:45 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Gila | 15 min |
| Jul 28, 12:45 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Gila | 15 min |
| Jul 28, 12:53 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 12:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 1:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 1:06 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Gila | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 1:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 1:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 1:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 1:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila, Yavapai | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 1:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 2:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 2:12 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Gila | 18 min |
| Jul 28, 2:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Gila | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 2:46 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 3:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 3:25 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 3:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 18 min |
| Jul 28, 3:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 3:44 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 4:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 4:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.