Alert archive / Arizona / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this high wind warning at Nov 18, 2011, 11:54 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2011, 11:54 PM MST (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2011, 8:00 AM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
County Coconino County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 12:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | House Rock, AZ | |
| Nov 19, 12:32 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Two Guns, AZ | |
| Nov 19, 5:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Doney Park, AZ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235 WWUS75 KFGZ 190654 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1154 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 AZZ005-191500- /O.NEW.KFGZ.HW.W.0003.111119T0654Z-111119T1500Z/ MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PAGE 1154 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING: VERY STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE OCCURRING IN HOUSE ROCK VALLEY. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS: AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. IN ADDITION...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN OVERTURN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 89A FROM THE COLORADO RIVER WESTWARD TO THE KAIBAB PLATEAU. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH OR GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
1 follow-up statement
296 WWUS75 KFGZ 191453 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 753 AM MST SAT NOV 19 2011 AZZ005-191600- /O.EXP.KFGZ.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-111119T1500Z/ MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PAGE 753 AM MST SAT NOV 19 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE VERY STRONG WINDS THAT HAD PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAVE ENDED. STILL...LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$
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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.