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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

April 21, 2022Apache County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Apr 21, 2022, 2:39 AM MST for Apache County, Arizona. It took effect at Apr 22, 2022, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2022, 2:39 AM MST (09:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2022, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Apr 22, 2022, 8:00 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

County Apache County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 9:07 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 6110 Nw Greer, AZMESONET STATION FW0157 GREEN'S PEAK.
Apr 22, 11:43 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 64Petrified Forest Nation, AZMESONET STATION AZT13 I-40 @ PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK MM 312.
Apr 22, 11:50 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 601 Nw Saint Johns, AZASOS STATION KSJN ST JOHNS AIRPORT.
Apr 22, 11:58 AM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 611 S Window Rock, AZASOS STATION KRQE WINDOW ROCK AIRPORT.
Apr 22, 1:13 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 69Petrified Forest Nation, AZMESONET STATION AZT13 I-40 @ PETRIFIED FOREST N P MM 312.
Apr 22, 2:27 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 661 Nw Saint Johns, AZASOS STATION KSJN ST JOHNS AIRPORT.
Apr 22, 2:30 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND DMG2 E Springerville, AZLARGE, GOOSENECK TRAVEL TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON ITS SIDE AND OFF THE ROAD NEAR SPRINGERVILLE.
Apr 22, 3:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 732 W Springerville, AZCORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 W SPRINGERVILLE. AWOS STATION KJTC SPRINGERVILLE AIRPORT. CORRECTED TO ADD HIGHER GUST FOR THE DAY.
Apr 22, 4:00 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND DMGSpringerville, AZLARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN AND INTO MAIN STREET IN SPRINGERVILLE.
Apr 22, 4:53 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 621 Ne Lupton, AZMESONET STATION AZT07 I-40 @ LUPTON.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 20, 9:35 PM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 9:35 PM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 2:38 AM MSTWind AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo41 hr
Apr 21, 2:40 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.