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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 12, 2013, 3:55 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 13, 2013, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2013, 3:55 AM MST (10:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2013, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2013, 7:00 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 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jun 11, 2:30 PM MST, 13 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:30 PM MST, 13 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 230 PM MST TUE JUN 11 2013 .SYNOPSIS...DRY AND BREEZY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL. && .DISCUSSION...THE GENERAL PATTERN OVER THE COMING WEEK WILL INCLUDE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES WITH LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE WEST COAST. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE A PERSISTENT DRY AND WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS ARIZONA. SO...EXPECT BREEZY TO WINDY AFTERNOONS AND NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS THE WEST COAST LOW DIPS SOUTHWARD. THE RESULT WILL BE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY FOR A GENERAL AREA THAT INCLUDES THE GRAND CANYON. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AN EVEN LARGER AREA OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEE THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW OR PHXRFWFGZ FOR DETAILS. MEANWHILE...IN RESPONSE TO THE WEST COAST LOW DIPPING TOWARD ARIZONA A WEAK LOBE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER MEXICO WILL SHIFT INTO NEW MEXICO. THE SHIFT OF THIS HIGH WILL OPEN THE DOOR TO SOUTHERLY FLOW AND DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ARIZONA. JUST ENOUGH OF THIS MOISTURE WILL NOSE NORTHWARD FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF ARIZONA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WARM AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW LOOKS TO DRY OUT THE ENTIRE STATE. THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH SKC-SCT250 MSL BECOMING BKN250 MSL TONIGHT. SFC WINDS SW 10-20KTS GUSTS TO 25KTS THROUGH 02Z WEDS THEN LIGHT. AFT 18Z WEDS...SFC WINDS SW10-25KT GUSTS TO 35KT...FASTEST WINDS WEST OF A KPGA-KPRC LINE. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL REMAIN BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR EAST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BRING INCREASING 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS TO THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR DISTRICT. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY FOR WESTERN COCONINO COUNTY. THURSDAYS FIRE WEATHER WATCH COVERING A LARGER AREA IN NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL BE CONTINUED. SEE PHXRFWFGZ FOR DETAILS. ALSO ON THURSDAY...MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SHOULD MOVE INTO APACHE COUNTY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST THERE. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE AREA. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL CRITERIA. MID LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING OVER EASTERN APACHE COUNTY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF HIGH BASED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THERE. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING 1 PM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY FOR ARIZONA FIRE WEATHER ZONES AZZ104-106-107. FIRE WEATHER WATCH 10 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY AZZ104>107-109-112-115-139. && PUBLIC.........MCCOLLUM AVIATION.......DL FIRE WEATHER...DL FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:00 PM MST, 12 hours 55 minutes before
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.