Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2012, 2:38 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 2:38 AM MST (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 10:00 AM 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 09:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 1412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
540 WWUS75 KFGZ 180938 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 238 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 AZZ013-181700- /O.CAN.KFGZ.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120318T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0006.120318T0938Z-120318T1700Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE 238 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL MID-MORNING TODAY DUE TO A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. THESE CROSS WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TRAVELERS ALONG INTERSTATE-40 WILL SEE SOME OF THESE IMPACTS. 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. && $$ AZZ012-181045- /O.CAN.KFGZ.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120318T1300Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- 238 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. $$ AZZ010-011-014-039-040-181700- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0006.120318T0938Z-120318T1700Z/ CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...DILKON 238 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL MID-MORNING TODAY DUE TO A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. THESE CROSS WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
402 WWUS75 KFGZ 181658 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 958 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 AZZ010-011-013-014-039-040-181800- /O.EXP.KFGZ.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120318T1700Z/ CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS... SPRINGERVILLE...DILKON 958 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM MST THIS MORNING... WHILE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEY WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 10:55 PM MST | High Wind Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Navajo | 4 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.