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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2015, 3:12 PM MST for Gila County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 5, 2015, 3:12 PM MST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2015, 3:45 PM MST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gila County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689
WFUS55 KFGZ 052212
TORFGZ
AZC007-017-052245-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.TO.W.0003.151005T2212Z-151005T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
312 PM MST MON OCT 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...
SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 345 PM MST
* AT 312 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR FORT APACHE RESERVATION...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF SHOW LOW...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHOW LOW...PINETOP-LAKESIDE...HONDAH...WAGON WHEEL...LAKE OF THE
WOODS--PINETOP-LAKESIDE...FORT APACHE RESERVATION...LAKESIDE
CAMPGROUND...WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE RESERVATION AND SCOTT RESERVOIR
CAMPGROUND.
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 VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3390 11008 3400 11026 3427 11005 3417 10985
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 212DEG 39KT 3403 11012
$$
KD2 follow-up statements
409
WWUS55 KFGZ 052225
SVSFGZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
325 PM MST MON OCT 5 2015
AZC007-052232-
/O.CAN.KFGZ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151005T2245Z/
GILA-
325 PM MST MON OCT 5 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GILA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF GILA COUNTY. THE WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN NAVAJO COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3404 11001 3411 11016 3427 11005 3419 10989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 213DEG 29KT 3409 11007
$$
AZC017-052245-
/O.CON.KFGZ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151005T2245Z/
NAVAJO-
325 PM MST MON OCT 5 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY...
AT 322 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PINETOP-LAKESIDE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF SHOW LOW...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IN ADDITION...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS REMAINS LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PINETOP-LAKESIDE...SHOW LOW...WAGON
WHEEL...LAKE OF THE WOODS--PINETOP-LAKESIDE...SCOTT RESERVOIR
CAMPGROUND AND LAKESIDE CAMPGROUND.
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 VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3404 11001 3411 11016 3427 11005 3419 10989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 213DEG 29KT 3409 11007
$$
KD250
WWUS55 KFGZ 052242
SVSFGZ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
342 PM MST MON OCT 5 2015
AZC017-052249-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151005T2245Z/
NAVAJO-
342 PM MST MON OCT 5 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NAVAJO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
345 PM MST...
THE STORM NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF PINETOP-LAKESIDE WHICH PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3404 11001 3411 11016 3427 11005 3419 10989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 212DEG 39KT 3409 11007
$$
KDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 10:46 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 29 min | |
| Oct 5, 12:13 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 32 min | |
| Oct 5, 3:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | FGZ | 30 min | |
| Oct 5, 4:38 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino | 37 min |
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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.