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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 2:18AM MST until October 22 at 2:30AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

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

Bulletin issued
22 October 2026 at 09:18 UTC
First saved by us
22 October 2026 at 09:10 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 09:30 UTC
Forecast onset / end
22 October 2026 at 09:18 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 09:30 UTC

Archived official description

At 218 AM MST /318 AM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles northeast of Sun Valley, or 24 miles northeast of Holbrook, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest N.P. Headquarters and Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area. This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 305 and 316.

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. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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    Title
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 2:07AM MST until October 22 at 2:30AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 2:18AM MST until October 22 at 2:30AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

    Source updated
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 09:07 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 09:18 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 09:07 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 09:18 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    22 October 2026 at 09:07 UTC

    After

    22 October 2026 at 09:18 UTC

    Message type
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    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
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    Source alert

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    Source update

    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 230 AM MST /330 AM MDT/. * At 207 AM MST /307 AM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of Sun Valley, or 20 miles east of Holbrook, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest N.P. Headquarters and Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area. This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 304 and 316.

    After

    At 218 AM MST /318 AM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles northeast of Sun Valley, or 24 miles northeast of Holbrook, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest N.P. Headquarters and Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area. This includes Interstate 40 between mile markers 305 and 316.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fdac7fdce0f5c403b9da9db683b297961e31fb6f.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cedd02b1b8c924fd355cc67efd7a3d4b3f987b5e.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 09:18 UTC

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 09:10 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 22 at 2:07AM MST until October 22 at 2:30AM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 09:07 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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