The Engineer Fire was human caused on the Camp Navajo Army Depot on June 2 during Red Flag conditions. The fire grew to over 600 acres.
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The Engineer Fire was human caused on the Camp Navajo Army Depot on June 2 during Red Flag conditions. The fire grew to over 600 acres.
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 Jun 2, 9:15 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 915 AM MST THU JUN 2 2011 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTHWESTERLIES TO NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY. SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH DRY HUMIDITY LEVELS AND BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES TODAY WILL PRODUCE WINDY SOUTHWESTERLIES TODAY WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ACROSS OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES FROM THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY NORTHWARD TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. OVER THE WEEKEND...A LOW CENTER WILL POSITION ITSELF OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE SOUTHERN STATES. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP US IN A SEASONABLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER PATTERN WITH BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTHWESTERLIES. FORECAST GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE MAY TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE AND BRING A PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE UP INTO NEW MEXICO. FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THAT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS MOISTURE PLUME MAY MOVE INTO EXTREME EASTERN ARIZONA ON SUNDAY...WHICH COULD PRODUCE HIGH BASED CLOUDS AND SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN APACHE COUNTY. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS UNDER JUST A FEW HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15-30 KT WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 KT WILL DEVELOP MIDDAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...TODAY AND FRIDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA. A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TODAY WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER WINDY DAY. IT WILL REMAIN DRY. AS A RESULT...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM THE MOGOLLON RIM NORTHWARD. ON FRIDAY...IT WILL REMAIN QUITE DRY BUT 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE...GENERALLY FALLING JUST BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LEVELS. HOWEVER...THE HAINES INDEX WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 6 ACROSS NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WITH AFTERNOON 20 FT WIND SPEEDS IN THE 14 TO 18 MPH RANGE THE POTENTIAL FOR DEEP/STRONG PLUME DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES. NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL SEE WARMING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST ARIZONA. THE HAINES INDEX WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 6 ACROSS NORTHEAST ARIZONA ON SATURDAY WITH ONE OF THE DEEPEST MIXED LAYER SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE POTENTIAL FOR DEEP/STRONG PLUME DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HIGH. SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FAR EASTERN ARIZONA ON SUNDAY BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ON MONDAY AS ANOTHER LOW MOVES SOUTHWARD ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST. && RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 PM MST FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES AZZ107-109>117-138>140. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR ZONES AZZ009>014-039-040. && PUBLIC.....................BOHLIN AVIATION/FIRE WX...........DL / MCCOLLUM FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 357 AM MST THU JUN 2 2011 AZZ004>018-037>040-030745- KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 357 AM MST THU JUN 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS TODAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Engineer Fire was human caused on the Camp Navajo Army Depot base. Containment was achieved at 601 acres on Tuesday June 7th at 600 PM.
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