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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2008, 1:46 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2008, 1:46 PM MST (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2008, 2:15 PM MST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coconino County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KFGZ 162048 TORFGZ AZC005-162115- /O.NEW.KFGZ.TO.W.0002.080816T2046Z-080816T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 146 PM MST SAT AUG 16 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 215 PM MST * AT 143 PM MST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF MILEPOST 220 ON SR 64...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES WEST OF MILEPOST 220 ON SR 64 AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILEPOST 215 ON SR 64 BY 215 PM MST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3576 11206 3557 11222 3579 11256 3594 11244 TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 305DEG 18KT 3581 11240 $$ DJO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS55 KFGZ 162103 SVSFGZ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 202 PM MST SAT AUG 16 2008 AZC005-162115- /O.CON.KFGZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080816T2115Z/ COCONINO AZ- 202 PM MST SAT AUG 16 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM MST FOR CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY... AT 158 PM MST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF MILEPOST 220 ON SR 64...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES WEST OF VALLE BY 215 PM MST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3576 11206 3557 11222 3579 11256 3594 11244 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 305DEG 18KT 3576 11232 $$ DJO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 5:23 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 5:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 6:55 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:26 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:11 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 1:26 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 92 min |
| Aug 16, 2:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 2:47 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 108 min |
| Aug 16, 3:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 3:27 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.