Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2014, 9:13 PM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 27, 2014, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2014, 9:13 PM MST (04:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2014, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2014, 6:09 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 04:18 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, 4.2 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
606 WWUS75 KFGZ 270413 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 913 PM MST SAT APR 26 2014 AZZ010-011-014-039-271215- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.140427T1800Z-140428T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-BLACK MESA AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE 913 PM MST SAT APR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE MORNING BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
493 WWUS75 KFGZ 271304 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 604 AM MST SUN APR 27 2014 AZZ010-011-014-039-272115- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.140427T1800Z-140428T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-BLACK MESA AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE 604 AM MST SUN APR 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE MORNING...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
807 WWUS75 KFGZ 272057 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 157 PM MST SUN APR 27 2014 AZZ010-011-014-039-280200- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140428T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-BLACK MESA AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE 157 PM MST SUN APR 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY 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. && $$
372 WWUS75 KFGZ 280109 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 609 PM MST SUN APR 27 2014 AZZ010-011-014-039-280215- /O.CAN.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140428T0200Z/ CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-BLACK MESA AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHINLE...KAYENTA...WINDOW ROCK... GANADO...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE 609 PM MST SUN APR 27 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$
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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.