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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2010, 4:45 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at May 17, 2010, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2010, 4:45 AM MST (11:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2010, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- May 17, 2010, 6:45 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 11:46 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at May 17, 3:30 AM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:30 AM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:52 AM MST, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 352 AM MST MON MAY 17 2010 AZZ009>014-039-040-180300- 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-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 352 AM MST MON MAY 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA AND NORTHEAST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES NORTHERN ARIZONA. ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARIZONA CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A RETURN OF BLOWING DUST WITH POOR VISIBILITY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARIZONA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:23 PM MST | Wind Advisory | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Navajo | 27 hr |
Nearby
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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.