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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

April 22, 2007Coconino County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2007, 3:18 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 22, 2007, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2007, 3:18 PM MST (22:18 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2007, 10:00 PM MST
Expired
Apr 22, 2007, 9:50 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

County Coconino County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2007-04-22Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2007-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS75 KFGZ 222218
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
318 PM MST SUN APR 22 2007

AZZ015-230630-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.070423T0500Z-070423T1500Z/
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLAGSTAFF...WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK
318 PM MST SUN APR 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST
MONDAY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS AND MT ELDEN
INCLUDING DONEY PARK...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MST
MONDAY. 

AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TONIGHT TO
AREAS EAST OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS AND MT ELDEN. THIS INCLUDES
DONEY PARK AND AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 89 FROM EAST FLAGSTAFF TO NEAR
SUNSET CRATER. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TO DEVELOP...WITH
FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL TAPER
OFF MONDAY MORNING AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS75 KFGZ 230450
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
950 PM MST SUN APR 22 2007

...LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG
WINDS TO THE AREAS EAST OF THE THE SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS AND MT
ELDEN TONIGHT. 

AZZ015-230600-
/O.CAN.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.070423T0500Z-070423T1500Z/
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLAGSTAFF...WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK
950 PM MST SUN APR 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE STRENGTH OF AN AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM HAS CHANGED AND IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREAS EAST OF THE THE
SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS AND MT ELDEN TONIGHT. BREEZY WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

$$

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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.