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Tornado Watch issued October 22 at 10:17AM MST until October 22 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ

Tornado Watch · Apache, AZ; Coconino, AZ; Navajo, AZ. Extreme; possible; urgency: future.

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 17:17 UTC
First saved by us: 22 October 2026 at 17:27 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 22 October 2026
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Source classification: Extreme · Source alert

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Issuer / area: NWS Flagstaff AZ · Apache, AZ; Coconino, AZ; Navajo, AZ
Certainty / urgency: Possible / Future
Message expiry (not hazard end): 23 October 2026 at 03:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 17:17 UTC / 23 October 2026 at 03:00 UTC

Archived official description

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 693 UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 691 HAS EXPIRED. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARIZONA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA COCONINO NAVAJO IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA APACHE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHINLE, FLAGSTAFF, FORT DEFIANCE, HOLBROOK, KAYENTA, LUKACHUKAI, SHOW LOW, SNOWFLAKE, SPRINGERVILLE, ST. JOHNS, WHITERIVER, WINDOW ROCK, AND WINSLOW.

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 17:27 UTC

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22 October 2026 at 17:27 UTC

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Our first saved version of Tornado Watch issued October 22 at 10:17AM MST until October 22 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Flagstaff AZ. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 17:17 UTC

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  "onsetAt": "2026-10-22T17:17:00.000Z",
  "expiresAt": "2026-10-23T03:00:00.000Z",
  "forecastEndAt": "2026-10-23T03:00:00.000Z",
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