High wind blew trees into power line in the Show Low area. The Show Low airport reported sustained south winds of near 45 MPH with gusts to 62 MPH.
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High wind blew trees into power line in the Show Low area. The Show Low airport reported sustained south winds of near 45 MPH with gusts to 62 MPH. The National Forest Service in Springerville reported downed trees at 440 PM and 542 PM.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 29, 9:40 AM MST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 940 AM MST WED MAR 29 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY BRINGING RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...EXPECT DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING UNSETTLED CONDITIONS. && .DISCUSSION...THIS MORNING THERE IS A BROAD TROF OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THE H5 COLD POOL IS STILL OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS MORNINGS FGZ SOUNDING SUGGESTS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY COME THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...OVER THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS...IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY WITH SOUTHWEST GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. THE MAIN PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES LOOKS TO BE NOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN 6500 FEET OR HIGHER WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES REMAINING ABOVE THE 7500 FOOT LEVEL. FLAGSTAFF COULD SEE AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON GRASSY SURFACES. THE AIRMASS IS ALREADY UNSTABLE AND THIS WILL INCREASE AS THE COLD POOL MOVES TOWARDS US THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...THE FOCUS OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD SHIFT TO AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM VALLE TO WINDOW ROCK AS THE COLD POOL MOVES ACROSS THIS AREA. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...H5 TEMPS ARE WARMING RAPIDLY WITH WESTERLY FLOW BRINGING IN DRIER AIR. SO WILL BE LOOKING AT NUDGING POPS UPWARD ALONG THE NRN BORDER...OTHERWISE THE CURRENT DRYING TREND FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LOOKS GOOD. FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE A FLAT RIDGE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON FRIDAY. THIS PATTERN LOOKS TO BRING PERIODIC HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. WILL DISCUSS THIS WEEKENDS WX IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...BKN TO OVC LOW CLOUD CEILINGS WILL KEEP FLIGHT CONDITIONS IN SCT MVFR THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EXPECT SCT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WITH MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIM AND HIGHER TERRAIN. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHERN MOST PART OF THE STATE. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM MST UNTIL 6 PM MST TODAY AZ ZONES 12/13/14/17/40. &&
PHXWRKHWO DDHHMM HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 700 AM MST WED MAR 29 2006 AZZ004>018-037>040-300700- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS- MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-KAIBAB PLATEAU-COCONINO PLATEAU- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD- NORTHEAST PLATEAU AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- CHINLE VALLEY-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- BLACK MESA AREA-LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN GILA COUNTY- 700 AM MST WED MAR 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL ALSO BRING WINDY CONDITIONS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO NEAR 6500 FEET BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY BELOW 2 INCHES. ACROSS THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND WHITE MOUNTAINS EXPECT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEE THE WIND ADVISORY (PRODUCT PHXNPWFGZ) FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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