Alert archive / Arizona / Wind Advisories in 2019
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:54 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGZ | Coconino, Navajo | 21 hr |
Nearby
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.