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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2015, 2:22 PM MST for Coconino County, Arizona. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2015, 2:22 PM MST (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2015, 2:45 PM MST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Coconino County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
396
WFUS55 KFGZ 092122
TORFGZ
AZC005-092145-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.TO.W.0002.150809T2122Z-150809T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
222 PM MST SUN AUG 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 245 PM MST
* AT 222 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF BONITO CAMPGROUND AT SUNSET CRATER...OR 27 MILES
NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...PING PONG BALL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN PORTIONS OF WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3552 11178 3564 11182 3568 11150 3554 11149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 264DEG 16KT 3558 11170
$$2 follow-up statements
104
WWUS55 KFGZ 092133
SVSFGZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
233 PM MST SUN AUG 9 2015
AZC005-092145-
/O.CON.KFGZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150809T2145Z/
COCONINO-
233 PM MST SUN AUG 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MST FOR CENTRAL
COCONINO COUNTY...
AT 232 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GRAY MOUNTAIN...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN PORTIONS OF WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3552 11174 3565 11177 3568 11150 3554 11149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 264DEG 16KT 3558 11164
$$032
WWUS55 KFGZ 092145
SVSFGZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
245 PM MST SUN AUG 9 2015
AZC005-092153-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150809T2145Z/
COCONINO-
245 PM MST SUN AUG 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 245
PM MST...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING
PONG BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN FLAGSTAFF.
LAT...LON 3552 11174 3565 11177 3568 11150 3554 11149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 264DEG 16KT 3558 11164
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:35 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Navajo | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 7:18 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Navajo | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 11:26 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | FGZ | Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:26 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Yavapai | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 12:58 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Navajo | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 2:05 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | Coconino | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 2:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 2:39 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 36 min | |
| Aug 9, 2:42 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 3:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 21 min |
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 3 hr |
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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.