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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

June 26, 20235 counties in Arizona

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 12:17 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 4410 Nw Greer, AZMesonet station FW0157 Greens Peak.
Jun 27, 12:23 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 475 Nnw Aripine, AZMesonet station AZT10 Hwy 277 - 377 Intersection.
Jun 27, 12:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 413 Nnw Williams, AZAWOS station KCMR Williams Airport.
Jun 27, 12:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 443 Nne Greer, AZMesonet station QGRA3 Greer.
Jun 27, 12:59 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 432 S Holbrook, AZMesonet station JE065 2.2 S Holbrook (JE-FULLER).
Jun 27, 1:15 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 46Taylor, AZAWOS station KTYL Taylor Airport.
Jun 27, 1:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 453 Sw Tusayan, AZASOS station KGCN Grand Canyon Airport.
Jun 27, 1:38 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 361 Ene Prescott Airport, AZASOS station KPRC Prescott Airport.
Jun 27, 1:43 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 423 Ese Winslow, AZMesonet station AZT06 I-40 @ Little Colo. River MM 257 3E INW.
Jun 27, 2:15 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 452 W Springerville, AZAWOS station KJTC Springerville Airport.
Jun 27, 2:29 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 541 S Window Rock, AZASOS station KRQE Window Rock Airport.
Jun 27, 2:35 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 403 Ne Show Low, AZAWOS station KSOW Show Low Airport.
Jun 27, 2:42 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 50Petrified Forest Nation, AZMesonet station AZT13 I-40 @ Petrified Forest N P MM 312.
Jun 27, 3:03 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 38Bellemont (Nws Flagstaf, AZMesonet station AV601 Bellemont.
Jun 27, 3:37 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 421 W Happy Jack, AZMesonet station FW9992 Happy Jack.
Jun 27, 3:43 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 478 Wnw Greer, AZMesonet station AZT18 Sr-260 @ Mp-378.
Jun 27, 4:08 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 461 Nw Winslow, AZASOS station KINW Winslow Airport.
Jun 27, 4:13 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 381 Sse Kykotsmovi Villag, AZMesonet station QHIA3 Kykotsmovi.
Jun 27, 4:13 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 441 W Two Guns, AZMesonet station AZT09 I-40 @ Two Guns MM 230.
Jun 27, 4:43 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 526 W Joseph City, AZMesonet station AZT11 I-40 @ Jack Rabbit MM 270.
Jun 27, 4:51 PM MSTNON-TSTM WND GST 431 Sse Flagstaff Airport, AZASOS 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2023-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12297 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2023-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:32 PM MSTWind AdvisoryFGZApache, Coconino, Navajo31 hr
Jun 26, 12:53 PM MSTFire Weather WatchFGZApache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai24 hr

Nearby

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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.