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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

April 5, 2006Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2006, 5:10 PM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2006, 5:10 PM MST (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2006, 8:00 PM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 5, 3:15 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:15 PM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 6:45 AM MST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
645 AM MST WED APR 5 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-060700-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-
MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-KAIBAB PLATEAU-COCONINO PLATEAU-
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-
NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
BLACK MESA AREA-LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-
645 AM MST WED APR 5 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN
GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA TODAY. IN ADVANCE OF
THIS FRONT...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT...A
HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
...NORTHEAST PLATEAU AREA...AND THE EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM. SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNING AREA. THERE IS ALSO A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD
PORTION OF COCONINO COUNTY. HERE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. FOR MORE
DETAILS ON THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND THE WIND ADVISORY SEE OUR
CURRENT PRODUCT (PHXNPWFGZ). THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND
REACH THE ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO BORDER BY EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COLD FRONT...CAN POSSIBLY PRODUCE
EVEN STRONGER WIND GUSTS. THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH BY
THIS EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.

SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 5500 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY TODAY. THE UPPER
LEVEL PORTION OF THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA
OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:05 PM MSTSnow AdvisoryFGZCoconino5 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.