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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

March 10, 20065 counties in Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this winter storm warning at Mar 10, 2006, 8:35 PM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It was in force for 46 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
Mar 10, 2006, 8:35 PM MST (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 6:24 PM MST
In force
46 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 03:35 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 10, 2:30 PM MST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:30 PM MST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 5:30 AM MST, 15 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
530 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

AZZ004>018-037>040-110700-
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-
530 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A DEEP AND COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE INTO
THE WEEKEND. AREAS OF RAIN AND LOCALLY ACCUMULATING SNOW
SHOWERS...ALONG WITH STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. DETAILS ON THE WINDS EXPECTED TODAY
CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY AND HIGH WIND WARNING
(PHXNPWFGZ). THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR OR BELOW 1/2 OF A MILE
AT TIMES. IN AREAS ACROSS THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...PERIODS
OF BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO BE ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THIS STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP THE BULK OF ANY SNOW
FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 4000
FEET. PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WATCH (PHXWSWFGZ) FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SYSTEM.

KD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 8:35 PM MSTSnow AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo, Yavapai10 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.