Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2011, 10:16 PM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Feb 16, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2011, 10:16 PM MST (05:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2011, 6:57 PM MST
- In force
- 8 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 05:19 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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 3458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067 WWUS75 KFGZ 160516 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1016 PM MST TUE FEB 15 2011 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-161330- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.110216T1800Z-110217T0600Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-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- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...SHOW LOW...DILKON 1016 PM MST TUE FEB 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS....ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 AND AREAS OF INTERSTATE 17 ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$ MCS
3 follow-up statements
941 WWUS75 KFGZ 161010 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 310 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-161815- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.110216T1800Z-110217T0600Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...SHOW LOW...DILKON 310 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS....ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 AND AREAS OF INTERSTATE 17 ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
629 WWUS75 KFGZ 161702 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1002 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-170200- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.110216T1800Z-110217T0600Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-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- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...SHOW LOW...DILKON 1002 AM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS....ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE INTERSTATE 40 AND AREAS OF INTERSTATE 17. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
376 WWUS75 KFGZ 170157 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 657 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-170300- /O.CAN.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110217T0600Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...SHOW LOW...DILKON 657 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL THIS EVENING AND WILL THUS CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY. HOWEVER...LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN ARIZONA. $$ MCS
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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.