Alert archive / Arizona / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Apr 22, 2016, 4:48 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 22, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 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
- Apr 22, 2016, 4:48 AM MST (11:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 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 11:48 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, 11.8 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
- 4412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
779 WWUS85 KFGZ 221148 RFWFGZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 448 AM MST FRI APR 22 2016 AZZ107-109-112>114-116-139-140-222000- /O.NEW.KFGZ.FW.W.0002.160422T1800Z-160423T0300Z/ COCONINO PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107)- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116)- BLACK MESA AREA (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 139)- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 140)- 448 AM MST FRI APR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM...LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...COLORADO PLATEAU...BLACK MESA AREA AND NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS. * 20 FOOT WIND...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 8 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
2 follow-up statements
713 WWUS85 KFGZ 221912 RFWFGZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1212 PM MST FRI APR 22 2016 AZZ107-109-112>114-116-139-140-230300- /O.CON.KFGZ.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160423T0300Z/ COCONINO PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107)- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116)- BLACK MESA AREA (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 139)- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 140)- 1212 PM MST FRI APR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM...LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...COLORADO PLATEAU...BLACK MESA AREA AND NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS. * 20 FOOT WIND...15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 8 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE NOTIFY FIELD CREWS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
324 WWUS85 KFGZ 230302 RFWFGZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 802 PM MST FRI APR 22 2016 AZZ107-109-112>114-116-139-140-230415- /O.EXP.KFGZ.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160423T0300Z/ COCONINO PLATEAU (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107)- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113)- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 114)-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 116)- BLACK MESA AREA (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 139)- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264 (FIRE WEATHER ZONE 140)- 802 PM MST FRI APR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH MOST AREAS RECORDING SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE STATE. THESE SPEEDS ARE BELOW CRITERIA...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT...BUT WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8PM MST. GUSTY WINDS WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED WITH THIS PARTIAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY AND FINE FUEL GREEN UP CONDITIONS THAT ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SATURDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:07 PM MST | Wind Advisory | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Navajo | 28 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.