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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 1:32PM MST until October 22 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

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

Bulletin issued
22 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC
First saved by us
22 October 2026 at 20:27 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 · Navajo, AZ
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
22 October 2026 at 20:45 UTC
Forecast onset / end
22 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 20:45 UTC

Archived official description

At 132 PM MST /232 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Keams Canyon, or 21 miles east of Kykotsmovi Village, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... First Mesa, Keams Canyon and Low Mountain. This includes State Route 264 between mile markers 394 and 406.

Instructions in this archived message

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing large hail. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MST /900 PM MDT/ Thursday for a portion of north central Arizona.

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    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 1:21PM MST until October 22 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 1:32PM MST until October 22 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

    Source updated
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 20:21 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 20:21 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 20:21 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC

    Message type
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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... * Until 145 PM MST /245 PM MDT/. * At 121 PM MST /221 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of First Mesa, or 19 miles southeast of Kykotsmovi Village, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... First Mesa, Keams Canyon, Low Mountain and Jeddito. This includes the following highways... State Route 264 between mile markers 394 and 407. State Route 87 between mile markers 396 and 399.

    After

    At 132 PM MST /232 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Keams Canyon, or 21 miles east of Kykotsmovi Village, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... First Mesa, Keams Canyon and Low Mountain. This includes State Route 264 between mile markers 394 and 406.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c47787820ce519e49c7a48eb24f774abd10df2a5.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.36ae55359946c7860960cbf024762ecb7eaa5e7b.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 20:32 UTC

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 20:27 UTC
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    First saved record

    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 1:21PM MST until October 22 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 20:21 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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