Alert archive / Arizona / Excessive Heat Warnings in 2016

Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

June 16, 2016Coconino County, Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this excessive heat warning at Jun 16, 2016, 3:31 AM MST for Coconino County, Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 19, 2016, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 35 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 16, 2016, 3:31 AM MST (10:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2016, 10:00 AM MST
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 8:32 PM MST
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Gila County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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

Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 296 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jun 15, 3:40 PM MST, 11 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:40 PM MST, 11 hours 51 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:05 AM MST, 23 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
405 AM MST WED JUN 15 2016

AZZ004>018-037>040-160600-
KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-
COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-
OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
405 AM MST WED JUN 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...
NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL
LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY IN NORTHWEST
COCONINO COUNTY, WITH NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE.
A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY IN NORTHWEST
COCONINO COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXTEND INTO THURSDAY THOUGH
WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY WEAKER.

HOT TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR THIS WEEKEND, WITH AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY 6/19 THROUGH TUESDAY 6/21. THE
WATCH IS VALID FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET IN YAVAPAI AND
NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE GRAND CANYON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2016Every excessive heat warning in 2016

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.