Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2016, 2:52 PM MST for Apache County, Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2016, 2:52 PM MST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 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 21:52 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, 9.9 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
- 3056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
392 WWUS75 KFGZ 052152 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 252 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2016 AZZ004-006-007-009-012-013-015-016-039-040-061100- /O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.160306T1800Z-160307T0300Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-COCONINO PLATEAU- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACOB LAKE...FREDONIA... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...NORTH RIM...VALLE...KEAMS CANYON... KAIBITO...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK... SNOWFLAKE...FLAGSTAFF...WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK...HEBER... HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES...NAVAJO N.M....DILKON...KYKOTSMOVI 252 PM MST SAT MAR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST SUNDAY. * TIMING... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
2 follow-up statements
713 WWUS75 KFGZ 061031 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 331 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2016 AZZ014-017-061900- /O.EXA.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.160306T1800Z-160307T0300Z/ LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-WHITE MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...SHOW LOW... GREER...PINETOP 331 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BEGINNING TO DECREASE BY AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$ AZZ004-006-007-009-012-013-015-016-039-040-061900- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.160306T1800Z-160307T0300Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-COCONINO PLATEAU- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACOB LAKE...FREDONIA... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...NORTH RIM...VALLE...KEAMS CANYON... KAIBITO...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK... SNOWFLAKE...FLAGSTAFF...WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK...HEBER... HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES...NAVAJO N.M....DILKON...KYKOTSMOVI 331 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BEGINNING TO DECREASE BY AROUND SUNSET * WINDS...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
877 WWUS75 KFGZ 061857 NPWFGZ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 1157 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2016 AZZ004-006-007-009-012>017-039-040-070300- /O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160307T0300Z/ KAIBAB PLATEAU-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-COCONINO PLATEAU- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- BLACK MESA AREA-NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACOB LAKE...FREDONIA... GRAND CANYON VILLAGE...SUPAI...NORTH RIM...VALLE...KEAMS CANYON... KAIBITO...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...WINSLOW...HOLBROOK... SNOWFLAKE...ST. JOHNS...SPRINGERVILLE...FLAGSTAFF...WILLIAMS... MUNDS PARK...HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES...SHOW LOW... GREER...PINETOP...NAVAJO N.M....DILKON...KYKOTSMOVI 1157 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF COCONINO COUNTY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH...OR GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF. && $$
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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.