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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

April 15, 2009Coconino County, Navajo County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2009, 11:50 AM MST for Coconino County, Navajo County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 15, 2009, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2009, 11:50 AM MST (18:50 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2009, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Apr 15, 2009, 5:58 PM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 15, 9:30 AM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 9:30 AM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:05 AM MST, 6 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
505 AM MST WED APR 15 2009

AZZ004>018-037>040-160845-
KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-
COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-
OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
505 AM MST WED APR 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND TODAY. WIND
ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN ARIZONA. THE FASTEST WIND GUSTS (TO 65 MPH) ARE FORECAST
FOR NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES...WHERE BLOWING DUST WILL LOWER
VISIBILITIES AND HAMPER TRAVEL. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE FROM WEST
TO EAST STARTING THIS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT WINDS AFTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING.

SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM FLAGSTAFF
NORTHWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO AROUND
4500 FEET BY SUNSET TONIGHT. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

COLD AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS IS
FORECAST FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT WINDS
WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER.

IMPROVING WEATHER RETURNS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.