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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 8:40PM MST until October 21 at 9:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Apache, AZ; Navajo, AZ. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC
First saved by us
22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC
Last included in a daily record
22 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Flagstaff AZ · Apache, AZ; Navajo, AZ
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
22 October 2026 at 04:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 04:00 UTC

Archived official description

At 840 PM MST /940 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northeast of Sun Valley, or 22 miles northeast of Holbrook, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sun Valley, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest N.P. Headquarters and Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between mile markers 298 and 316. State Route 77 between mile markers 405 and 408.

Instructions in this archived message

Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing dangerous hail and damaging winds.

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    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 8:29PM MST until October 21 at 9:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 8:40PM MST until October 21 at 9:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

    Source updated
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 03:29 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 03:29 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 03:29 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC

    Message type
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    Alert

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    Update

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    Source alert

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    Official description
    Before

    SVRFGZ The National Weather Service in Flagstaff has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Navajo County in north central Arizona... Apache County in northeastern Arizona... * Until 900 PM MST /1000 PM MDT/. * At 829 PM MST /929 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Sun Valley, or 15 miles northeast of Holbrook, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Sun Valley, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest N.P. Headquarters and Petrifi…

    After

    At 840 PM MST /940 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles northeast of Sun Valley, or 22 miles northeast of Holbrook, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Sun Valley, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest N.P. Headquarters and Petrifi…

    Official instructions
    Before

    Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.

    After

    Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing dangerous hail and damaging winds.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1c5952f3fb046b6cb2d66a32e05963edf0096b51.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.70ab6df0043dd073ee2c80c3fd9054d25185944b.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 21 at 8:29PM MST until October 21 at 9:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 03:29 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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