Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2014, 4:08 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Jan 31, 2014, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2014, 4:08 AM MST (11:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2014, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2014, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 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 11:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.1 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
- 1486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827 WWUS75 KFGZ 311108 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 408 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 AZZ012>014-017-040-311915- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.140131T1500Z-140201T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW...DILKON 408 AM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SEVERAL AREAS IN THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY EAST OF FLAGSTAFF ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE ADVISORY AREA AFTER THE SUN RISES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
2 follow-up statements
153 WWUS75 KFGZ 311924 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1224 PM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 AZZ012>014-017-040-010200- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140201T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW...DILKON 1224 PM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...AREAS OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY HAVE ALREADY SEEN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
520 WWUS75 KFGZ 010138 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 638 PM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 AZZ012>014-017-040-010245- /O.EXP.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140201T0200Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE... ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW...DILKON 638 PM MST FRI JAN 31 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING WITH THE LATEST OBSERVED GUSTS BELOW 40 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$
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.