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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

January 31, 2016Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Jan 31, 2016, 11:07 AM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2016, 11:07 AM MST (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
In force
8 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 18:08 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 12:00Z, 6.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2016-01-31Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Flgstf/Belemont, AZ at 12:00Z on 2016-01-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
465 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

244 
WWUS75 KFGZ 311807
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
1107 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016

AZZ012>014-040-010200-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.160131T1807Z-160201T0200Z/
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...WINSLOW...
HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...DILKON...
KYKOTSMOVI
1107 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 
  THE ADVISORY AREA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL
  PERSIST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT GENERALLY IN A MUCH MORE
  LOCALIZED MANNER.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR
GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL
WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF.

&&

$$

KD
1 follow-up statement
331 
WWUS75 KFGZ 010158
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
658 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016


AZZ012>014-040-010300-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160201T0200Z/
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...WINSLOW...
HOLBROOK...SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...DILKON...
KYKOTSMOVI
658 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING...

WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH HAVE LARGELY DIMINISHED THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...ISOLATED WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH MAY CONTINUE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM OF
HIGHER TERRAIN.

$$

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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.