Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Nov 8, 2008, 3:30 PM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Nov 9, 2008, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2008, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 9, 2008, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2008, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 082230 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 330 PM MST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ARIZONA ON SUNDAY BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA BY SUNRISE WITH THE STRONG WINDS SPREADING INTO EASTERN ARIZONA BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AZZ004-006>008-012-015-090530- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1300Z-081110T0000Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-COCONINO PLATEAU- YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACOB LAKE...FREDONIA... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...NORTH RIM...VALLE...PRESCOTT... SELIGMAN...ASH FORK...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...FLAGSTAFF... WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK 330 PM MST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AZZ013-014-016-017-090530- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1700Z-081110T0300Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES... SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP 330 PM MST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING ON SUNDAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 090404 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 904 PM MST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ARIZONA ON SUNDAY BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA BY SUNRISE WITH THE STRONG WINDS SPREADING INTO EASTERN ARIZONA BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AZZ004-006>008-012-015-091215- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1300Z-081110T0000Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-COCONINO PLATEAU- YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACOB LAKE...FREDONIA... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...NORTH RIM...VALLE...PRESCOTT... SELIGMAN...ASH FORK...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...FLAGSTAFF... WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK 904 PM MST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE ON SUNDAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. 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. $$ AZZ013-014-016-017-091215- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1700Z-081110T0300Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES... SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP 904 PM MST SAT NOV 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING ON SUNDAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 091020 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 320 AM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 AZZ004-006>008-012-015-091130- /O.CAN.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1300Z-081110T0000Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-COCONINO PLATEAU- YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACOB LAKE...FREDONIA... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...NORTH RIM...VALLE...PRESCOTT... SELIGMAN...ASH FORK...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...FLAGSTAFF... WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK 320 AM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA....THERFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ016-091130- /O.CAN.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1700Z-081110T0300Z/ EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES 320 AM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY...WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA....THERFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AZZ013-014-017-091830- /O.EXT.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.081109T1900Z-081110T0100Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP 320 AM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING ON SUNDAY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 092002 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 102 PM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 AZZ013-014-017-100100- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-081110T0100Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP 102 PM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. $$
000 WWUS75 KFGZ 100048 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 548 PM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 AZZ013-014-017-100200- /O.EXP.KFGZ.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-081110T0100Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP 548 PM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. EXPECT BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING DECREASING OVERNIGHT. SOME PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTED TODAY INCLUDE...WINSLOW...45 MPH...AND SHOW LOW...44 MPH. $$
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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.