Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 17, 2007, 7:06 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 17, 2007, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 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 17, 2007, 7:06 AM MST (14:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2007, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 14:12 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
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KFGZ 171406 RFWFGZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 706 AM MST SUN JUN 17 2007 AZZ113>117-172300- /O.NEW.KFGZ.FW.W.0013.070617T1900Z-070618T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)-WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115)- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116)- WHITE MOUNTAINS (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117)- 706 AM MST SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER 12 PM MST TODAY. THESE WIND CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE MOGOLLON RIM...WHITE MOUNTAINS AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN ARIZONA. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER NIGHT OF POOR HUMIDITY RECOVER IS EXPECTED. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ 41
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KFGZ 172220 RFWFGZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 320 PM MST SUN JUN 17 2007 AZZ113>117-180200- /O.CON.KFGZ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070618T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)-WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115)- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116)- WHITE MOUNTAINS (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117)- 320 PM MST SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE IN THE LOWER TEENS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AND WILL REMAIN DRY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE WARNING PERIOD. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS85 KFGZ 180153 RFWFGZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 653 PM MST SUN JUN 17 2007 AZZ113>117-180300- /O.EXP.KFGZ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070618T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)-WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 115)- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116)- WHITE MOUNTAINS (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117)- 653 PM MST SUN JUN 17 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...FALLING BELOW RED FLAG WARNING THRESHOLDS...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RELATIVE HUMDITIES REMAIN WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT AT THIS TIME BUT ARE EXPECT TO SLOWLY INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. $$
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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.