Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2007, 3:23 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Feb 23, 2007, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2007, 3:23 AM MST (10:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2007, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2007, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 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 10:23 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 00:00Z, 10.4 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
- 2807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 231023 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 323 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO FALL OVER SOME AREAS...LOCALLY LIMITING VISIBILITY AT TIMES. AZZ013-014-016-017-040-231830- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.070223T1800Z-070224T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES... SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP...DILKON...KYKOTSMOVI 323 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. EXPECT GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TO DEVELOP BY NOON TODAY. AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE MOGOLLON RIM...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 40 FROM WINSLOW TO CHAMBERS WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...WHICH MAY LOCALLY LIMIT VISIBILITY IN SOME LOCATIONS. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 231829 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1129 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARIZONA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED AS OF 11 AM MST INCLUDE: WINSLOW 46 MPH SAINT JOHNS 49 MPH. AZZ013-014-016-017-040-240200- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070224T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES... SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP...DILKON...KYKOTSMOVI 1129 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE MOGOLLON RIM...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 40 FROM WINSLOW TO CHAMBERS WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LOCALLY LIMIT VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER 7 PM MST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. $$ JJ
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 240207 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 707 PM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... .WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. FLAGSTAFF 37 MPH HOPI 42 MPH SAINT JOHNS 51 MPH SHOW LOW 47 MPH WINDOW ROCK 37 MPH WINSLOW 46 MPH WUPATKI 39 MPH AZZ013-014-016-017-040-240315- /O.EXP.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070224T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES... SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP...DILKON...KYKOTSMOVI 707 PM MST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. .WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.