Alert archive / Arizona / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2010, 10:51 AM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2010, 10:51 AM MST (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2010, 11:30 AM MST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coconino County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 11:15 AM MST | TORNADO | 19 Se Tuba City, AZ | TORNADO COLLAPSED THREE 500 KV ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION TOWERS. TOWERS WERE OF METAL TRUSS CONSTRUCTION. ONE TOWER WAS COMPLETELY FLATTENED. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE AND FIRST-HAND REPORTS WERE PROVIDED BY ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 9:29 AM MST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552 WFUS55 KFGZ 061751 TORFGZ AZC005-061830- /O.NEW.KFGZ.TO.W.0021.101006T1751Z-101006T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1051 AM MST WED OCT 6 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA... * UNTIL 1130 AM MST * AT 1046 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF TUBA CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA. && LAT...LON 3612 11116 3607 11084 3557 11100 3563 11125 TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 190DEG 36KT 3571 11112 $$ JVC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 9:26 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 19 min |
| Oct 5, 9:57 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 18 min |
| Oct 5, 10:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:34 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 1:08 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Yavapai | 22 min |
| Oct 6, 1:33 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila, Yavapai | 12 min |
| Oct 6, 1:58 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Gila | 17 min |
| Oct 6, 2:17 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Coconino | 118 min |
| Oct 6, 3:40 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 4:00 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 4:38 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 5:07 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 5:30 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 5:59 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 6:36 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 39 min |
| Oct 6, 6:53 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 22 min |
| Oct 6, 6:58 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 32 min |
| Oct 6, 7:18 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 7:31 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 7:33 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 7:42 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 7:46 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 8:06 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 8:06 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 39 min |
| Oct 6, 8:14 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 8:19 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 8:19 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 8:29 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 8:32 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 8:49 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 8:53 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 37 min |
| Oct 6, 9:00 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 9:05 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 9:25 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 9:30 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 9:43 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 32 min |
| Oct 6, 10:00 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 10:08 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:13 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 62 min |
| Oct 6, 10:14 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 10:32 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 10:35 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 40 min |
| Oct 6, 11:01 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 11:15 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 11:24 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 11:29 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 11:34 AM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 12:01 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 12:09 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 12:11 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 12:16 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 12:47 PM MST | Tornado Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 16 min |
| Oct 6, 1:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 1:17 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 1:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Apache | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 2:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 19 min |
| Oct 6, 2:16 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Apache | 14 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.