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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Jun 8, 2012, 2:53 PM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2012, 2:53 PM MST (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 6:14 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 21:51 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 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 3311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
920 WWUS75 KFGZ 082153 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 253 PM MST FRI JUN 8 2012 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-090600- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0020.120609T1800Z-120610T0300Z/ 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 253 PM MST FRI JUN 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA BY LATE MORNING SATURDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE CHINLE VALLEY...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
4 follow-up statements
045 WWUS75 KFGZ 090526 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1026 PM MST FRI JUN 8 2012 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-091300- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0020.120609T1800Z-120610T0300Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...SHOW LOW...DILKON 1026 PM MST FRI JUN 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA BY LATE MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE CHINLE VALLEY...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
395 WWUS75 KFGZ 090855 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 155 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-091900- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0020.120609T1800Z-120610T0300Z/ 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 155 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...STRONG WIND SPEEDS IN THIS ADVISORY WILL AFFECT COCONINO...NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE CHINLE VALLEY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
977 WWUS75 KFGZ 091859 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1159 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-100300- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...PAGE... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...SHOW LOW...DILKON 1159 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...STRONG WIND SPEEDS IN THIS ADVISORY WILL AFFECT COCONINO...NAVAJO AND APACHE COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE CHINLE VALLEY...REDUCING VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
348 WWUS75 KFGZ 100114 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 614 PM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 AZZ004>007-009>017-039-040-100215- /O.CAN.KFGZ.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ 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 614 PM MST SAT JUN 9 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:41 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Navajo | 16 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:35 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.