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Weather Alert Detail

  • Special Weather Statement for White Mountains County, Arizona
  • Special Weather Statement issued October 11 at 9:20AM MST by NWS
  • Effective: Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 9:20 a.m.
  • Expires: Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
  • ....A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
    SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...TO NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
    AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL MVOE
    ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY AND FRIDAY. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE
    IN WESTERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG A LINE FROM PAGE TO BLACK
    CANYON CITY AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND REACH THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE
    AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY. SHOWERS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING AHEAD OF
    THE COLD FRONT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE MOGOLLON RIM.
    THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS EVENT CONTINUES TO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF
    SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BECOMING
    SEVERE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
    HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS
    EARLY FRIDAY MORNING RANGE FROM 7500 FEET ON THE KAIBAB PLATEAU TO
    9500 ACROSS APACHE COUNTY. EXPECT A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 8500
    FEET BY MID DAY FRIDAY IN COCONINO COUNTY.