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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

January 4, 2017Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2017, 7:01 PM MST for Coconino County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2017, 7:01 PM MST (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2017, 5:00 AM MST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Coconino County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 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
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
547 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

285 
WWUS75 KFGZ 050201
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
701 PM MST WED JAN 4 2017

AZZ012-015-051200-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0002.170105T0201Z-170105T1200Z/
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WUPATKI N.M....TUBA CITY...FLAGSTAFF...
WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK
701 PM MST WED JAN 4 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FLAGSTAFF HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...EAST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN, INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY 89
  CORRIDOR FROM DONEY PARK TO GRAY MOUNTAIN. HIGHWAY 64 FROM
  DESERT VIEW TO CAMERON.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH. LOCALIZED
  GUSTS HIGHER THAN 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SAN FRANCISCO
  PEAKS.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CONSIDER SECURING LOOSE BELONGINGS ON
  YOUR PROPERTY. PROPERTY DAMAGE COULD OCCUR OVER LOCALIZED AREAS.

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.

&&

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 12:35 PM MSTWind AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo18 hr
Jan 5, 12:57 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo18 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.