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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

May 22, 2019Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2019, 2:55 AM MST for Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona. It took effect at May 22, 2019, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2019, 2:55 AM MST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2019, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
May 22, 2019, 6:00 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Apache County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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

Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2019-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
106 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

280 
WWUS75 KFGZ 220955
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
255 AM MST Wed May 22 2019

AZZ014-017-230100-
/O.NEW.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.190522T1800Z-190523T0100Z/
Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County-White Mountains-
Including the cities of St. Johns, Springerville, Show Low, 
Greer, and Pinetop
255 AM MST Wed May 22 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 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 6 PM MST
this evening. 

* TIMING...From 11 AM this morning to 6 PM this evening.

* WINDS...South-southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts from 40 to 50
  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. 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
732 
WWUS75 KFGZ 221930
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
1230 PM MST Wed May 22 2019

AZZ014-017-230100-
/O.CON.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190523T0100Z/
Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County-White Mountains-
Including the cities of St. Johns, Springerville, Show Low, 
Greer, and Pinetop
1230 PM MST Wed May 22 2019

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...From 11 AM this morning to 6 PM this evening.

* WINDS...South-southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts from 40 to 50 
  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. 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.

&&

$$
426 
WWUS75 KFGZ 230054
NPWFGZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ
554 PM MST Wed May 22 2019

AZZ014-017-230200-
/O.EXP.KFGZ.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-190523T0100Z/
Little Colorado River Valley in Apache County-White Mountains-
Including the cities of St. Johns, Springerville, Show Low, 
Greer, and Pinetop
554 PM MST Wed May 22 2019

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING...

Gusty southwest winds will continue to gradually diminish through
the evening. A few gusts of 40-45 mph can be expected over the
next couple of hours, but widespread advisory level winds have
ended. Therefore, the wind advisory will expire at 6 pm.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 1:54 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGZCoconino, Navajo21 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.