PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

 
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 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
 850 PM MST SAT OCT 11 2008
 
 ...VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY...
 
 A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND STRONG COLD FRONT BROUGHT VERY HIGH
 WINDS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST WINDS WERE
 GENERALLY EAST OF FLAGSTAFF TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER.
 A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS EVENT WAS ISSUED AT 338 PM ON 
 FRIDAY. 
 
 THREE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ALSO ISSUED FOR PARTS
 OF EASTERN ARIZONA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A SEVERE 
 THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL 
 ARIZONA FROM 632 AM THROUGH 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON. NO REPORTS OF 
 LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 
 WITH THESE STORMS.
 
 REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INCLUDE:
 
 WINSLOW AIRPORT...........75 MPH
 LEUPP.....................75 MPH
 I-40 AT TWO GUNS..........68 MPH
 PARIA POINT...............61 MPH
 PAINTED DESERT NP.........60 MPH
 ST JOHNS..................60 MPH
 KYKOTSMOVI................60 MPH
 WINDOW ROCK...............59 MPH
 FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT.........55 MPH
 RED MESA..................55 MPH
 WUPATKI NATIONAL MON......50 MPH
 CAMP VERDE................50 MPH
 PAGE......................49 MPH 
 DONEY PARK................48 MPH
 SHOW LOW..................48 MPH
 PRESCOTT..................41 MPH
 
 

 
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