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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ
NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2023, 12:53 PM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It took effect at Jun 27, 2023, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. 21 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
- Jun 26, 2023, 12:53 PM MST (19:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2023, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2023, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Flagstaff, AZ
Counties Apache County, AZ, Coconino County, AZ, Gila County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:17 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | 10 Nw Greer, AZ | Mesonet station FW0157 Greens Peak. |
| Jun 27, 12:23 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 5 Nnw Aripine, AZ | Mesonet station AZT10 Hwy 277 - 377 Intersection. |
| Jun 27, 12:35 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 41 | 3 Nnw Williams, AZ | AWOS station KCMR Williams Airport. |
| Jun 27, 12:35 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | 3 Nne Greer, AZ | Mesonet station QGRA3 Greer. |
| Jun 27, 12:59 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | 2 S Holbrook, AZ | Mesonet station JE065 2.2 S Holbrook (JE-FULLER). |
| Jun 27, 1:15 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | Taylor, AZ | AWOS station KTYL Taylor Airport. |
| Jun 27, 1:35 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 Sw Tusayan, AZ | ASOS station KGCN Grand Canyon Airport. |
| Jun 27, 1:38 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 36 | 1 Ene Prescott Airport, AZ | ASOS station KPRC Prescott Airport. |
| Jun 27, 1:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 42 | 3 Ese Winslow, AZ | Mesonet station AZT06 I-40 @ Little Colo. River MM 257 3E INW. |
| Jun 27, 2:15 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | 2 W Springerville, AZ | AWOS station KJTC Springerville Airport. |
| Jun 27, 2:29 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 S Window Rock, AZ | ASOS station KRQE Window Rock Airport. |
| Jun 27, 2:35 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 40 | 3 Ne Show Low, AZ | AWOS station KSOW Show Low Airport. |
| Jun 27, 2:42 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Petrified Forest Nation, AZ | Mesonet station AZT13 I-40 @ Petrified Forest N P MM 312. |
| Jun 27, 3:03 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 38 | Bellemont (Nws Flagstaf, AZ | Mesonet station AV601 Bellemont. |
| Jun 27, 3:37 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 42 | 1 W Happy Jack, AZ | Mesonet station FW9992 Happy Jack. |
| Jun 27, 3:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 8 Wnw Greer, AZ | Mesonet station AZT18 Sr-260 @ Mp-378. |
| Jun 27, 4:08 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 1 Nw Winslow, AZ | ASOS station KINW Winslow Airport. |
| Jun 27, 4:13 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 38 | 1 Sse Kykotsmovi Villag, AZ | Mesonet station QHIA3 Kykotsmovi. |
| Jun 27, 4:13 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | 1 W Two Guns, AZ | Mesonet station AZT09 I-40 @ Two Guns MM 230. |
| Jun 27, 4:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 6 W Joseph City, AZ | Mesonet station AZT11 I-40 @ Jack Rabbit MM 270. |
| Jun 27, 4:51 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | 1 Sse Flagstaff Airport, AZ | ASOS station KFLG Flagstaff Airport. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 12297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 13.9
- Supercell composite
- 73.1
The office that day
Everything else NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:32 PM MST | Wind Advisory | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Navajo | 31 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:53 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | FGZ | Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.